Sprinting Debate...

[That70sShowDude]

Ok, I was arguing with a few of my friends about this.

It first started with the one kid talking about sprinting a mile. I said that it's by far impossible to sprint a mile. Also stated how the world record for the 200m is 19.xx. Shouldn't the record for the 400m be around 38 or 39? No, it's ~44. I said that nobody can even sprint the 400.

They say that when you give full energy, no matter how fast you are moving, it's still sprinting. They all believe that if you run a marathon your hardest, you are sprinting the whole time. So to them, it's easy for people to sprint 26.2 miles. Even at the end, when you are at a slow jog, it would be considered sprinting to them, because you are trying your hardest.

Could you guys clear this up?

 

[CuBeOrDiE]

"Sprints are short running races in athletics."
-wikipedia

 

[Chapuunka]

I think sprinting is relative to how fast you can run in general, not how much effort you put into it.

"Sprints are short running races in athletics."
-wikipedia

That's the noun, not the verb.

 

[miniGOINGS]

I remember that thread...

sprint (sprĭnt)
n. 1.The act or an instance of sprinting, especially a short race at top speed.

2.A burst of speed or activity.

v. sprint·ed , sprint·ing , sprints

v. intr.
To move rapidly or at top speed for a brief period, as in running or swimming.
v. tr.
To move over (a distance) rapidly or at top speed for a brief period: sprinted the last 100 yards to the finish line.

I would call sprinting moving at your fastest possible speed at a given moment.

 

[kinch2002]

As you say, nobody can even sprint 400m. It's all to do with aerobic and anaerobic respiration. Up to 200m it's almost all anaerobic (basically without using oxygen). Anything further than that and you'll go into oxygen debt and have to slow down. Races of 1500m or more are something like 85% or more aerobic, so you're having to regulate speed in order to avoid oxygen debt.

 

[zachtastic]

I think sprinting is relative to how fast you can run in general, not how much effort you put into it.

I second this.

I have always rated speed from 0-10. 0=not moving, 10=max speed. Sprinting is your top speed.

 

[xbrandationx]

: to run or go at top speed especially for a short distance

To run. Sprinting means going fast, not jogging.

 

[shelley]

Pheidippides sprinted 26.2 miles, and look what happened to him.

EDIT: I looked it up on Wikipedia and learned that it probably wasn't the 26 miles that killed him, but the 150 miles he had to run before the battle that contributed the most to his death by exhaustion. But yeah, as mentioned above, sprinting involves anaerobic respiration. Your muscles can't sustain that level of activity for very long.

 

[jackdexter75]

I've seen people sprint 1 mile before. I've done it it's easy. Just lot's practice. sure I wasn't running as fast as I was for like 100m. and I slowed down after awhile. neither did I really pace myself. I just ran it .and it hurt really badly after awhile I'm not going to lie But I was still sprinting.
Funny thread topic lol.

 

[DavidWoner]

Most people can't even sprint 100m. The typical highschool/college 100m breaks down into about 40m of acceleration, 40m of top speed, and 20m of slight deceleration.

 

[Dene]

Lolthread.

 

[EnterPseudonym]

obviously the people you where talking to don't run.