(05-25-2023, 06:15 PM)GK3 Wrote:(05-24-2023, 09:01 PM)akiddoc Wrote: Udodi runs 10.16 into a slight headwind to lead the qualifying for the quarterfinals in 2 days. All of the other heats had a tailwind. He really doesn't need to run that fast in the heats. That would have been 10.00 flat with the tail wind everyone else got.
200 heats in progress right now. Awaiting Udodi's heat.
Udodi 20.33. Won his heat. 2nd place overall, 1/1000 of a second behind 1st. Doesn't matter. We know he can run under 20 seconds. Just the heats. Better that he doesn't go all out until NCAA Championships in 2 weeks.
Seems very odd to be talking about "all out" when the winning time differences are in fractions of a second. Seems to me that you can very easily lose or gain those small time fractions simply in how you start, or when you ease up at the end.
Surprisingly, easing up and running 3/10's slower is common. Whether that truly saves energy for the later heats I'm not completely sure. I'm not a sprinter.
Only 2 of our 4 women advance to the quarterfinals in the 800. I still cannot get over the fact that Whittaker is not running the 800. She has no chance to win the 1500.