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.
Dan --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Don't mean to misread here--but I always thought the meaning of > "negative split" is that the second half of a race is faster, not > slower, than the first (as for example with Jim Ryun's WR 880 yards > where he went out in 53+ and finished in 51+)--so MJ's splits in his WR > 400 are not--by that definition--negative. > > His splits support my earlier note that the faster the 400 WR gets over > time, the more even the splits are likely (likely!) to be. > > Mitch > > ________ > > Further to Seville splits, here's what the video-analysis shows for > Michael > > Johnson's World Record in the 400: > > > > 50m 100m 200m > > 6.14 > > 4.96 (11.10) 11.10 > > 5.00 (16.10) > > 5.12 (21.22) 10.12 21.22 > > 5.20 (26.42) > > 5.24 (31.66) 10.44 > > 5.52 (37.18) > > 6.00 (43.18) 11.52 21.96 > > > > * don't forget to consider the time out of the blocks! > > > > Jimson ===== http://AbleDesign.com - Web Design & Custom Programming http://Run-Down.com - 10,000 Running Links, Fantasy T&F ------------------------------------------------------------ @ o Dan Kaplan - [EMAIL PROTECTED] <|\/ <^- ( [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] ) _/ \ \/\ (503)370-9969 phone/fax / / __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. File on time. http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html
