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To: SeekAndFind

I doubt anyone ever will tho I admit I never thought anyone would run 9.8 in the 100 meters either.

I suspect the new shoes which I never saw anything like when I was running, are part of it. Also the tracks are probably faster.

When I saw movies like “Chariots of Fire” and saw them digging holes in the ground for starting blocks, and the dirt or cinder tracks, it just isn’t possible to compare really old records.


2 posted on 07/05/2012 10:03:42 AM PDT by yarddog
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My brother ran 9.8 in the 100 yards way back when and everyone thought it was really fast. I think Eisenhower was probably in office then.
4 posted on 07/05/2012 10:09:47 AM PDT by steve86 (Acerbic by nature not nurture TM)
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