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Originally posted by mmm3587
I know that the scientific method doesn't come easy to you, but I'll try to explain what it would take to prove me wrong, based on your description of your boyfriend's kid's running. Can he run 8:30 or 9 minute miles? That's the question? If he can do that, but his time magically is 6:45 for the half mile, like he falls down a foot from the half mile when he realizes that he is going to half to stop in a foot instead of going for a half mile, then you're right. If not, all you've proven is that some kid can only run 6:45 half miles and slow-ass miles.
Are you actually so fucking stupid that you think I'm arguing about whether or not everyone can run half miles in 4 minutes? I know that the answer is yes, but I still think that you've been caught with your hand in the logical cookie jar and just can't admit that you're wrong here. Even you have to understand this by now.
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there is no strict logic to athletic performance and if you had ever competed in running above the level of a casual jog on the waterfront or the St Paddy's Day drunk run you would know that. Sure there may be science that can offer a reasonable prediction, i.e. if someone can run a 36 min 10K then they
should be able to run a 17:22 min 5K and a 5:07 mile or whatever. The key word is
should. What qualifies is fast twitch v. slow twitch, anearobic v aerobic, the time of day, the weather, dietary/fuel issues et a. It's nonsense to say that someone who can run an 8:30-9: minute mile will be able to, on any given day, under all conditions, to run a 4 minute half. Keep beatin it, but it doesn;t make it true. I assume given your continued reaction that you must be an 8:30/4 minute guy. Congrats on that.
