I saw a link to a page that converts marks from one event to another (i.e. 5k time compared to 200m) Can anyone point me in that direction, as I can not find the thread. Thanks!
So what does this actually tell us? 
If we look at the second link Quik provided and plug in 11.5 for 100m and then compare to 200m & 400m you get Mercier and IAAF times of
200m 23.52 & 23.71
400m 53.08 & 53.01
does this mean that an 11.5 sec 100m runner should run those times? If they run say 11.5, 23.52 and 56.08 does that indicate that their endurance for 400m is lacking?
Conversely if they run 51 for 400m and 23.52 for 200m do they lack max speed and need to work on that?
Or is it just somewhat useless information?
Yours in ignorance
John
im under the impression it means,
if you can run a 11.5 for a hundred, then to be as good in the 200m as you are in the 100m you need to be able to run a 23.52. Based on a worldwide scale.
I got that bit but wondered if it had more useful application than that I mean if it is simply what you said then it is a bit of shit eh information*
- shit eh information is where you look at it and go ‘shit eh’ as it really means nothing
slang, aint it great?
The only wonderfull use of it, would be for say me, who when i ran 800’s, can use that chart to say, well, i should be running a 10.6, but am only running a 11.2 100m! Damn i am useless at short sprints.
or if you have a mate, how is running a 10k, and runs a 30min race and wins by 2min and starts braging at how great he is, becausse you ran a 10.6 race but came 4th!! You could then use that chart to see who was actually racing against quality opponents! perhaps you were running your 10.6 against great guns and his 10k was against nobodys??
then, as you are drinking your beers, you can go “shit ey”