T. Barr Article

Chivito550

walshb wrote: »

Yes. Bolt and Barr are so comparable as regards talent and superiority and dominance and results.

That's a really silly comparison you made just there...

Bolt is a once in a lifetime "sports star." Barr is ten a penny in his own discipline.

To be fair after Rio he was 42nd fastest man in history, higher than any other Irish person in a Championship event in the all time rankings. Might have dropped 1 place or so since. I haven’t checked.

He’s no Bolt. He’s not ten a penny though. Not many have run sub 48.

Chivito550

walshb wrote: »

Eh, you brought Bolt into it...

But, yes, even Bolt had to put the work in.....

Let's not pretend that ALL athletes need to put the same effort and training in.....

Talent and natural ability are huge factors.

Bolt could sit on his arse from one end of the week to the next and still beat almost anyone over 100 and 200 on earth.

Barr is not even remotely close to this type of ability, hence he needs to think that bit harder on his lifestyle choices.

The reason why some people compete well is because they have a life outside athletics. Some people work well under the tunnel vision mentality, others need distractions. You are unlikely to run well if not happy in life. Obviously ridiculous risks should be eliminated, but they can’t be wrapping themselves in cotton wool either.

It’s a myth that Bolt didn’t train hard btw. He trained damn hard.

walshb

Chivito550 wrote: »

To be fair after Rio he was 42nd fastest man in history, higher than any other Irish person in a Championship event in the all time rankings. Might have dropped 1 place or so since. I haven’t checked.

He’s no Bolt. He’s not ten a penny though. Not many have run sub 48.

Compared to Bolt he absolutely is ten a penny...

Yes, I am well aware of him being 43rd fastest person in history...

average_runner

walshb wrote: »

Eh, you brought Bolt into it...

But, yes, even Bolt had to put the work in.....

Let's not pretend that ALL athletes need to put the same effort and training in.....

Talent and natural ability are huge factors.

Bolt could sit on his arse from one end of the week to the next and still beat almost anyone over 100 and 200 on earth.

Barr is not even remotely close to this type of ability, hence he needs to think that bit harder on his lifestyle choices.

Your the one that said practically a 100%

walshb

average_runner wrote: »

Your the one that said practically a 100%

You are confusing yourself.

I never said all athletes are the same.

I did say practically all put in hard work...and top level sport requires practically 100 percent focus. But not for all. That is the point. A Barr would need more focus and hard work to get close to 48 compared to an Ed Moses or Kevin Young, because a little thing called natural ability plays its part.

Now, for a Moses to run low 47s he would need to put in very similar effort to a Barr trying to run low 48s

Bolt included. And other natural greats included...Bolt to run low 10s does not need the same focus and effort as he does to run sub 9.9 or 9.8..

To suggest that ALL put the same effort and hard work in, or need to, is off the mark.

RacoonQueen

ultrapercy wrote: »

Lads 30k posts. Stop feeding the poor lads hes an addict.

11 months on, this post is still applicable.