Bolt

[Robert Jarvis]

Just watched on TV Usain Bolt won at Crystal Palace in a time of 9.91.

 

[Welton Toffee]

Yup, into a head wind and he slowed down a little at the end! On a still day he could absolutely smash his own world record if he bothers to run the full 100m

 

[little curly alan ball]

He's the bollox .
Loved the way he made a fuss of those kids at the end . Wanted to geg them in the photie .
Geezer .

 

[Seamus Colemole]

Serious question : If the 100m world record gets broken by 0.1 second every year, will there come a time when its impossible to beat it so it stays the same, or will it keep going?

Surely theres gotta be a point where its impossible to run any faster cause no one could ever run 100m in say 1.3 seconds right?

 

[best little spaniard]

He's properly fast

Maybe we could recruit him to play on the right wing, he could definately beat a player

 

[Blue Wiz]

Serious question : If the 100m world record gets broken by 0.1 second every year, will there come a time when its impossible to beat it so it stays the same, or will it keep going?

Surely theres gotta be a point where its impossible to run any faster cause no one could ever run 100m in say 1.3 seconds right?

I read some article a few years ago where some physics, doctors and so on had tried to calculate how good some of the track-and-field records could be before getting unbeatable. I seem to recall that they calculated the world record for 100m for men to stop at around 9:40 and highjump at around 2.55. But they also calculated that the highest a polevaulter could reach would be 6:10 and Bubka had already jumped higher soo....

 

[little curly alan ball]

Serious question : If the 100m world record gets broken by 0.1 second every year, will there come a time when its impossible to beat it so it stays the same, or will it keep going?

Surely theres gotta be a point where its impossible to run any faster cause no one could ever run 100m in say 1.3 seconds right?

The classic Mike Parry-ism . That , and wing mirrors on horses .
They will just shave ever decreasing fractions , as opposed to running 100m in 1.4 sec .

 

[Seamus Colemole]

The classic Mike Parry-ism . That , and wing mirrors on horses .
They will just shave ever decreasing fractions , as opposed to running 100m in 1.4 sec .

Yeah but eventually it would have to get to a point where it either stops and no one beats it or it becomes the smallest time ever, which doesn't exist cause time is infinite right?

 

[NeoNaoNeo]

Yeah but eventually it would have to get to a point where it either stops and no one beats it or it becomes the smallest time ever, which doesn't exist cause time is infinite right?

As infinite as everything we measure with numbers.

 

[bluebloodinmyveins]

The times this guy will set, will never be beaten. He is one of a kind.

 

[Mutzo Nutzo]

He's properly fast

Maybe we could recruit him to play on the right wing, he could definately beat a player

I hear that he's managed by that Chris Nathaniel, so you never know, Arab takeover and Usain Bolt on the wing.

 

[Cahill's Metatarsal]

Serious question : If the 100m world record gets broken by 0.1 second every year, will there come a time when its impossible to beat it so it stays the same, or will it keep going?

Surely theres gotta be a point where its impossible to run any faster cause no one could ever run 100m in say 1.3 seconds right?

That's something I've been wondering, it's not much of a surprise that records have been broken continually over the past few decades as scientists discover more about training methods, what nutrients are needed to achieve the best results, what materials & fabrics are best etc but surely at some point we'll reach a level where all of the top athletes have spent their entire lives doing the best possible physical condition & using the best technological advances that we're ever going to have.

There must be a limit to how far the human body can be pushed otherwise as you say, if we scanned far enough ahead we'd see people doing 100m in a second then eventually less. Will it just be a case of the world record staying the same & the winner of the medals just being the athlete who's at his/her complete peak at the time of any given event?

Am I wrong? Will they just keep getting broke as the top athletes become stronger & stronger & become capable of things we don't think would be possible? It's mad when you think about it deeply enough. I'd be interested to read what physics 50 years ago thought the peak would be, they'd probably have said times/heights/distances that are beaten on a regular basis by average athletes

 

[McBain]

Good thoughts and one's that have crossed my mind frequently.

Rationalizing it, I concluded that, say, in 1900 the biggest number the human race had discovered was 100, by the time we got 2000, the number had increased to 1000.

Don't know if it sounds right, but the advances we conceive with the current thinking are never the same as what actually happens.

Im of the opinion that we'll always get faster, stronger, higher. When the maximum level is reached there is a whole new level that opens up that we never saw before.

 

[Seamus Colemole]

Good thoughts and one's that have crossed my mind frequently.

Rationalizing it, I concluded that, say, in 1900 the biggest number the human race had discovered was 100, by the time we got 2000, the number had increased to 1000.

Don't know if it sounds right, but the advances we conceive with the current thinking are never the same as what actually happens.

Im of the opinion that we'll always get faster, stronger, higher. When the maximum level is reached there is a whole new level that opens up that we never saw before.

By the time we get to the point where man can run no faster we will probably of mastered time travel in both directions so running anywhere will be kinda pointless.