Forums >Racing>My new goal: beat Bryan Clay's Olympic Decathlon gold medal winning time in the 1500
Right on Hereford...
I've got a fever...
On your deathbed, you won't wish that you'd spent more time at the office. But you will wish that you'd spent more time running. Because if you had, you wouldn't be on your deathbed.
Lazy idiot
Too lazy to look it up. What was it?
Tick tock
1983
5:06.59. Fastest 1500m decathlon time was 4:26.77.
5:06.59 That's about equivalent to a 5:31 mile. I just found it really surprising that an Olympic caliber athlete (gold medalist, no less) would have run a time that is achievable by mere mortals.
But for him... he wasn't really running hard. He had the gold wrapped up and could have run backwards and still won (that's a bit of sarcasm). Still, I think it's a good goal. One that I may shoot for in the next 12-18 months, after I decide that marathons are stupid.
Ya know, I thought the EXACT same thing. He looked like he was just jogging and I thought 'heck I can run a 5:31 mile (maybe, heh heh)'. But did you see him fall to the track laying on his back afterwards? His chest was heaving and it didn't look like he had an easy time running that 1500m. I assume that was due to exhaustion from doing the 10 events leading up to the 1500m. Regardless, World's Greatest Athlete.
Prophet!
There were some grueling circumstances in the decathlon this yr. 1st day: Events ended at 10pm due to rain delays. 2nd day: Events began at 9am and the temps hit 100 degrees on the track. According to Clay, he got only 4 hrs of sleep between day 1 and 2. I don't think he was pushing as hard as he could, but my guess was it was nearer a full effort than a slow jog.
I was all set to say that I didn't say he wasn't running hard
Good points. I was all set to say that I didn't say he wasn't running hard, when I looked up above and saw that I said just that. I guess what I meant to say was: "I'm really freaking jealous that even though he's running his ass off he looks like I do when I run 10:00 miles." Fair?