Could you run for 30 seconds at full speed without being exhausted afterwards?

Looking at the Olympic records; the 100m is 9.69sec with an average speed of 10.32m/s, the 200m is 19.3 with 10.36m/s and the 400 is 43.18 with 9.26m/s.

It would seem that a (the best!) human can run flat out for 20sec, but certainly not 43sec (speed falls off a lot). I suspect around 20sec is the limit.
 
I couldnt run for 5 seconds, im am so so so so so unfit at the moment.

No excercise for months and drinking farrr to much :(

Starting Muay Thai and BJJ soon though :)
 
ScarySquirrel said:
Some advice for you. THEIR = Belonging to them. THEY'RE = They are. THERE = "Oh, look over there"

THEIR full speed. Take THEIR breath away. THEY'RE (As in, THEY ARE) not pushing it.

You'll thank me one day.

I would have left it, but 3 times in one post just pushed me over the edge.
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Erm thanks?

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wannabedamned said:
but there's a difference between intensity and speed ;)
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An olympic sprinter is running the fastest he can, thus, pushing himself to the max. If he isn't, why is he trying to compete with those who are?

I suppose technically it's possible to run different ways, exerting different amounts of energy (or intensity, whatever) but still going the same speed. For example, you could run backwards at the same speed as running forwards, and you'd probably use more energy going backwards because it's unnatural, but I doubt anyone here is talking about sprinting backwards for 30 seconds, so that point is moot.
 
wannabedamned said:
You run fast, without pushing intensively. Or you run with max intensity and run faster I just meant running your fastest without going red in the face and pushing like an olympic runner approaching the finish line
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So basically, you mean running as fast as you can without making contorted facial expressions.

What are you on?
 
[TW]Fox;14675786 said:
Well no, because said Sprinter could run a LOT faster. This takes more energy?
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Depends what one means by 'fitter'. How long you can maintain maximum effort is a measure of fitness. My guess is that no one can maintain maximum effort for 30 seconds.
 
Absolute top speed full pelt sprint? about 15-20 seconds.

I'd still keep running up to 30 seconds, I'd just slow down a little after about 15 secs.
 
No.

I manage to hit top speed maybe 2/3 times during footie if I can get a clear run down the wing or sprinting for a loose ball and afterwards I have to catch my breath. Adrenaline keeps me going until I pass/shoot/lose posession though.
 
I don't know about running max for 30 seconds but I am able to run over 2.5 miles at a pace of about 10:13 (average for whole distance) on trails. Literally almost exactly a month ago I couldn't even run/jog comfortably for 40 seconds at a time!

I've run every other day since then and used the C25K program (you can get even get it on your iPhone) and today I completed my first 25 minute non stop run! Granted, I found it fairly hard as I was trying to maintain my pace (wanted to hit 10:00) but still, I was chuffed! :D

This is coming from someone who did virtually no exercise as well! Am chuffed and thought I'd share. Running is great when you get in to it.
 
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clv101 said:
Looking at the Olympic records; the 100m is 9.69sec with an average speed of 10.32m/s, the 200m is 19.3 with 10.36m/s and the 400 is 43.18 with 9.26m/s.

It would seem that a (the best!) human can run flat out for 20sec, but certainly not 43sec (speed falls off a lot). I suspect around 20sec is the limit.
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Ditto. Michael Johnson also holds the 300m world record at 30.85 seconds which is 9.72m/s done at high altitude. http://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=45271.html The artcile refers to Wariner attempting to break the record. Not sure if he did.

Also say it takes 20m to get to full speed for 100m, I suspect there is a decline in peak speed from 100m to 200m.

For the purposes of this thread, if you are a decent sprinter then you could probably run 100m in 12 secs. So 8.33m/s. If you can maintain that over 30 seconds thats 250m.

I bet the OP couldn't scale sprinting like that.
 
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