Usain Bolt offered almost $1 million to race league players.

[Flutterby]

Are you sure this is the case? Just from my own general knowledge I was always of belief that sprinters are always slowing down towards the end of a 100m race - ie they hit top speed at about 80m - and thereafter are losing momentum as they have pretty much depleted their instantaneous energy stores which have about a 8-9 second capacity. Obviously they can still generate energy, but not at the rapid rate they could over the first 8-9 seconds which leads to a drop in speed.

Yep - am sure. Have been involved in athletics my whole life as a runner and coach and my dad is also a top athletics coach. Have seen all the research studies and the 200m guys reach a faster meters per second speed and sustain it for a greater percentage of the race than the 100m guys.

 

[m1c]

Fair enough, from a physiological perspective I just find that hard to understand.

 

[Ghibli]

Really hard to judge who is the quickest rugby league player.

Especially when one player is holding a footy - chasing players usually appear quicker than the person they're chasing because of this.

 

[Je$ter]

while usain bolt is insanely quick, i think some of you are underestimating how quick some of the NRL guys are. i have no doubt that Slater and co would be running the 100m around the 11 second mark, probably under. Usains best is 9.58, so thats at most a 1.5s gap.

which equates to nearly 20m at the speed Usain runs.

 

[Russo]

[quote="Anonymous person":2tkza09g]while usain bolt is insanely quick, i think some of you are underestimating how quick some of the NRL guys are. i have no doubt that Slater and co would be running the 100m around the 11 second mark, probably under. Usains best is 9.58, so thats at most a 1.5s gap.

which equates to nearly 20m at the speed Usain runs.[/quote:2tkza09g]

Is that the sun, oh no AP has pulled down Slaters shorts and it is shining out of Billy's arse.

Slater is not in Bolt's league and should not even be mentioned in the same sentence re speed, in fact no leaguey would even come close

 

[Scorchie]

We're losing some players to other codes, clubs are cheating to stay in the cap...and someone's throwing $1m at a foot race.

Stunned.

 

[schmix]

I think the deal is being done by the event organisers, rather than the NRL/ARL.

Still seems like a bit of a waste of money to me, but if they have the money (raised through sponsorship or whatever, not government grants) then more power to them. I would certainly watch it.

 

[OXY-351]

I want to see Dave Taylor tackle him.

I'm sure Andrew Johns is thinking the same thing

 

[Anonymous person]

[quote="Anonymous person":2mhr1qsp]while usain bolt is insanely quick, i think some of you are underestimating how quick some of the NRL guys are. i have no doubt that Slater and co would be running the 100m around the 11 second mark, probably under. Usains best is 9.58, so thats at most a 1.5s gap.

which equates to nearly 20m at the speed Usain runs.[/quote:2mhr1qsp]
yes but 1.5s between a PROFESSIONAL SPRINTER AND THE FASTEST PERSON IN HISTORY and a rugby league player is NOT a big gap. put it into perspective. also, that 9.5 that he did was on a track, with spikes. put him on grass, without his tights, and without his spikes, and he will NOT run 9.5.

and really, do you think having the worlds fastest man beat you by 20m is something to scoff at? [icon_confu

Yep - am sure. Have been involved in athletics my whole life as a runner and coach and my dad is also a top athletics coach. Have seen all the research studies and the 200m guys reach a faster meters per second speed and sustain it for a greater percentage of the race than the 100m guys.

id believe it. Bolt holds the 100 and 200 records, and the 200 record is basically spot on double his 100m time. other records though were faster for the 200 than the 100 - Michael Johnson for example ran a pb of 10.09 for the 100m, but held the world record 200m time of 19.32 for 12 years or so.

 

[OXY-351]

and really, do you think having the worlds fastest man beat you by 20m is something to scoff at? [icon_confu

No, but I also don't see what it's gonna prove.

 

[Anonymous person]

its just a bit of fun and advertising while also showing us who the fastest man in league is over 100m.

sure theyre not going to beat bolt, but they wont be embarrassed by him, and it will provide GOOD media hype/attention which the game DESPERATELY needs.

 

[Je$ter]

[quote="Je$ter":1733tbjt][quote="Anonymous person":1733tbjt]while usain bolt is insanely quick, i think some of you are underestimating how quick some of the NRL guys are. i have no doubt that Slater and co would be running the 100m around the 11 second mark, probably under. Usains best is 9.58, so thats at most a 1.5s gap.

which equates to nearly 20m at the speed Usain runs.[/quote:1733tbjt]
yes but 1.5s between a PROFESSIONAL SPRINTER AND THE FASTEST PERSON IN HISTORY and a rugby league player is NOT a big gap. put it into perspective. also, that 9.5 that he did was on a track, with spikes. put him on grass, without his tights, and without his spikes, and he will NOT run 9.5.

and really, do you think having the worlds fastest man beat you by 20m is something to scoff at? [icon_confu

[/quote:1733tbjt]

It is still quite a gap in terms of running 100's, however I would expect the fastest men in league to be running low 11s which is a very respectable time for someone who doesn't train specifically for sprinting.

And again, put it in perspective. 20m isn't a lot of distance really, but over 100m that means Bolt has 20% on them, which is a massive difference.

I'm not saying league players aren't fast, because quite a few of them are unbelievable.

Give a Brett Morris or someone with that build the proper training and who knows what they could run?

 

[simmo77]

Maybe for a handicap we could have it like an intercept situation where Bolt has to turn and chase the NRL players and see if he can run them down over 90m because thats always so impressive when you see our players do it.
Or we could get Steve Hooker and Izzy to see who could outleap eachother.
Or we could get Tinkerbell up against Creagh and Cooper to see who is the biggest fairy.

 

[Kimlo]

Maybe for a handicap we could have it like an intercept situation where Bolt has to turn and chase the NRL players and see if he can run them down over 90m because thats always so impressive when you see our players do it.
Or we could get Steve Hooker and Izzy to see who could outleap eachother.
Or we could get Tinkerbell up against Creagh and Cooper to see who is the biggest fairy.

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[thedman]

Re: Usain Bolt offered almost $1 million to race league play

Bump - looks like this race is going on tomorrow night and will be televised on ONE @ 8:30pm.

A bit different format than what I was expecting, with all of the codes involved. Also, I don't think Lachie Turner deserves to be favourite. With ball in hand, I think the league boys look much faster, but on the track it may be a different story.

http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/nrl ... 5921306145

 

[Dave]

Re: Usain Bolt offered almost $1 million to race league play

If we could bet on it I would be backing Gardner from the Sharks - that kid can move!!!

 

[QUEENSLANDER]

Re: Usain Bolt offered almost $1 million to race league play

i reckon morris will take it. The way he chased down jennings a while go was amazing

 

[Anonymous person]

Re: Usain Bolt offered almost $1 million to race league play

its a bummer that Bolt isnt actually racing against them as promised :cry:

my moneys on inglis. when hes in full flight i dont think anyone could catch him. what he did to gidley in that origin match was just breathtaking.