I like using 1.0 sec to account for acceleration out of the blocks, which would make his splits:
1.0, 10.10, 10.12, 10.44, 11.52 = 43.18 In his 200m, his splits were 10.12 + 9.20, or: 1.0, 9.12, 9.20 = 19.32 ... which shows he barely decelerated! Unheard of in most 200m sprinters.... JL ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan Kaplan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2004 12:28 PM Subject: Re: t-and-f: MJ's splits in his 43.18 WR (was Negative splits in 440) > If you subtract out the start (at least 0.50 to 0.75, maybe as much as > 1.20 based on the 50m splits), then the second half arguably *was* run > faster. In any sprint event, the start becomes a major factor when > determining average speed. Not nearly as significant in events not run > out of blocks.
