Hb31187 wrote: Lol so SQ you're using Bolts 40 split on a track and using starting blocks and track spikes and comparing it to CJ running on turf with turf shoes at the combine?

SQ_Crazies wrote:
When he's reacting to the gun and he's running a 100 meter race, I'd say that's pretty fair. Like I said, if they announce this to be a 40 yard dash then Bolt absolutely will not run the race the same way he would run a 100.

Cleveland Buck wrote: I would pay to see Bolt race Ted Ginn Jr. goal line to goal line on a football field with a ball in their hands.

SQ_Crazies wrote:

Cleveland Buck wrote: I would pay to see Bolt race Ted Ginn Jr. goal line to goal line on a football field with a ball in their hands.

Ok, then put them on a track--only fair right? I'd still put my money on Bolt on the field.

Had this question been asked right after the Olympics, no one would question it. Why is everyone all of a sudden questioning Usain Bolt? He's the fastest man on the planet--if you honestly believe that anyone in the NFL is faster than he is then I don't know what to tell you...

SQ_Crazies wrote: LOL, he would definitely run it differently. And what do you mean he could MAYBE squeeze out a few hundredths. .03-.04, I'd say that's a few right? There is a big difference between a 4.2 and a 4.16. Hundredths are a lot when you're moving that fast.

gut wrote:

SQ_Crazies wrote: LOL, he would definitely run it differently. And what do you mean he could MAYBE squeeze out a few hundredths. .03-.04, I'd say that's a few right? There is a big difference between a 4.2 and a 4.16. Hundredths are a lot when you're moving that fast.

MAYBE because it's a fact they don't hit top speed until 50-60M. What you are implying is that they are capable of hitting top speed faster but don't because of endurance.

On Bolt's two record runs, his last 3 20M segments were all faster then either of his first two. On the 9.69, his last 10M split, when he clearly slowed to showboat, was only 1 one hundredth slower than his 30-40M split. So even were you to try to make an endurance argument, Bolt has shown he can maintain a top speed faster than what he can hit in 40M. In other words, he'd accelerate faster if he could because there's clearly potential to maintain that top speed a little earlier.

Also, your argument implies other guys who can't maintain top speed as long would for some reason "be slower" to accelerate because of endurance concerns and this is not true (Ben Johnson had a 40M times 2 one hundredths slower and Mo Green equaled Bolt's). In fact, Bolt's 9.58 was only .01 faster over the first 40 (excluding reaction time) vs. his 9.69 olympic record.