Contest poll: Did this 405 pound man run the 100m dash under 22 sec.?
 

A local sports radio station had a contest. One of the interns at the radio station is a 405 pound man.

They are hooking the intern up with some nice suits and a diet/exercise plan at a local health club, but in return he agreed to be a prt of a radio contest today.

Basically, the running bet was this: In international news, there was a 95-year old Japanese man who ran the 100m dash in 22 seconds, a record for a man his age. Could this 405-pound individual run the 100m dash under 22 seconds?

The run took place below the station's headquarters on the sidewalk outside the local train/tram station (MARTA).

So, did he beat the time, or no?

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Well, is he a fit fat man or just a fat fat man (complete blob)? I highly doubt that the latter could even finish a 100m dash.

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He is 24, just out of college, was 250 in high school, he has let himself go at McDonald's.

When a picture is uploaded on the site, I will post his picture.

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I doubt it. I remember back in highschool ~300 pound football player was barely able to run the 40 meter dash in 12 seconds. Add 100 pounds and 60 meters and 22 seconds seems like an impossibility.

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I think he can do it. 100M is short enough its all anarobic, and since hes young, I think he can get it done. (assuming he doesnt fall, heh)

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Case,

12 seconds?? 40 meters?? Are you sure you have that right?? I think I could bear crawl and clock a 40 time better than 12 seconds.

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I voted no but I think it is close and I am intrigued. I looked at whether I could do it carrying another guy my weight piggyback. Im not sure.

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I think he can do it. 100M is short enough its all anarobic, and since hes young, I think he can get it done. (assuming he doesnt fall, heh)

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the mental image i have of this fall is quite humorous.
nice avatar btw. it almost looks familiar...

Re: Contest poll: Did this 405 pound man run the 100m dash under 22 sec.?
 

I think he probably did it but I bet he didn't have much time to spare.

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I voted yes, but he'll be sucking serious wind at the end.

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Prior to the event I'd guess no but as you posted it I'll guess yes.

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Is this Fat Kid on 99x?

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No, 99x is alt rock.

This is a sports AM station.

In other words, stop cheating by trying to type "fat" and "atlanta radio station" into google, because I know there's an intern at 99x named Fat Kid. Different guy.

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I said no. I used to run the 100m back in high school and my best time was 12.5 seconds. I was fast and in condition then. I doubt any workout regimen will properly prepare a 405 pound man to run the 100m in 22 seconds. It's too much weight to propel over too great a distance.

Maybe if they put a donut at the finish line...

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22 second 100m is like slightly under a 6 minute mile, which is a pretty strenuous jog. I don't know if any of you watched the biggest loser, but this guy is pretty close to Mo size, so I'm saying no by a long shot.

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Case,

12 seconds?? 40 meters?? Are you sure you have that right?? I think I could bear crawl and clock a 40 time better than 12 seconds.

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Yes, I remember feeling very, very bad for the guy. I bet you could bear crawl a 40m dash in 12 seconds. I don't think it would be that hard.

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I am betting that there was no running involved whatsoever. At best, a man this fat's top speed could only be light jogging, and even then the blubber on his legs would be rubbing together at such a pace that it may start a fire. There is no way he beat 22 seconds.

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No, 99x is alt rock.

This is a sports AM station.

In other words, stop cheating by trying to type "fat" and "atlanta radio station" into google, because I know there's an intern at 99x named Fat Kid. Different guy.

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Sports AM? 750?

It's the only sports station in Atlanta. That other one sucks.

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I doubt it. I remember back in highschool ~300 pound football player was barely able to run the 40 meter dash in 12 seconds. Add 100 pounds and 60 meters and 22 seconds seems like an impossibility.

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The slowest kid on every HS football team in America could fall down twice and still complete the 40 in under 12 seconds.

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Alright

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he would have to have a serious burst of energy and effort at the end which quite frankly I'm not sure if he's capable of. if he has the mental resolve then I think it can be done but I think he chokes.

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There are 4 sports/news stations in Atlanta, and 750 carries zero sports talk shows during regular hours.

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There are 4 sports/news stations in Atlanta, and 750 carries zero sports talk shows during regular hours.

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I only listen during the drive home, so I wouldn't know. Chris Demino and Chris Cotter (Carter, whatever) pwn.

Aren't you a little young to already be listening to talk radio? (Even if it's sportstalk)[img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

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How is 18 too young to be listening to sportstalk? [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

By the way, Dimino has his own show on in the mornings now. They moved the 2 live stews to the afternoon slot.

The 2 live stews will have their own show on ESPN2 tonight at like midnight or later. You'll have to check.

Anyways, it was on the Smith and Chernoff show. Pics aren't up yet, but the intern ran the 100m dash in...





























21 seconds flat. In fact, apparantly the intern could have made it there faster had a taxi-cab not pulled by the curb near him. He had to slow down to run around it.

They had 2 listeners on the line, one who thought the intern wouldn't do it, and the one that did. The one that did won a free dinner at a luxury restaurant in the Atlanta area, though I had not heard of it (which is strange, because I've been to most every restaurant in Atlanta short of Indian cuisine).

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No, 99x is alt rock.

This is a sports AM station.

In other words, stop cheating by trying to type "fat" and "atlanta radio station" into google, because I know there's an intern at 99x named Fat Kid. Different guy.

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I missed where you said "sports" in the original post. I wasn't googling anything, it just sounded like something 99x would do with Fat Kid.

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yay, I win!!! [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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before seeing anything else, I voted yes.


edit: I FCKUON RULE, BIOTCHES.

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Thanks for posting this.

It got me out of my chair, and I dragged my 38-year-old, 330-pound, non-smoking, non-exercising, McDonalds-eating, limping-with-arthritis ass out to the park, to see if I could beat 22 seconds.

I was close.

But I wasn't too disappointed. I didn't train, and I ran at about 75%, not fully trusting my knees, back, nor heart. I'm sure that with a very minimum of training (say, ten minutes a day for a week), I could get under 20.

Actually, when I was in the army and running all the time, I don't think I could break 15. 20 may be optimistic.

Props to the old guy for cracking 22.

EDIT: Oops, I just reread the OP. I ran 100 YARDS today, not meters (an extra 8 yards or so). This stuff is tougher than it looks.

(God damn, my knees are KILLING me! Like I said, thanks A LOT for posting this. [img]/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img] I'd hate to be that old guy today.)

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Well, this guy wasn't old. He was just out of college. So he was running full speed with no arthritis whatsoever.

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The 95-year-old Japanese guy wasn't old, and just got out of college?

I knew that Asian culture put an emphasis on education, but gee whiz!

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Actually, when I was in the army and running all the time, I don't think I could break 15. 20 may be optimistic.


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Did this put you in the .001 percentile of speed in the army? I'm not even kidding.

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It all depends how tall/strong he is.

~D

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I mean, the 405 pound guy. He wasn't old. You're old(er).

SO WHAT THE [censored] IS THE ANSWER?
 

N/M

READ THE THREAD MORAN
 

NM

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Did this put you in the .001 percentile of speed in the army? I'm not even kidding.

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I'm just guessing, I never ran a timed 100 before yesterday. But 10 is world class. So I'll guess that the fastest guys I know can put up a 12; the average guys 13-14; and the slower-than-average guys like me 15 or better.

Am I way off? I'm just guessing.

(Note that I was 25 at the time, 5'7", 200 lbs. Every week, I was running 18 miles; bicycling 30 miles; and playing 2-3 hours of racquetball--trying to shed that extra weight that never did come off. All this cardio was great for my endurance, but didn't help my speed a lick. The only distance we timed back then was 2 miles for the PT test, and my times in that never improved much.)

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I can run a 13s 100m dash with minimal effort. I bet that 80% of 2+2ers could. You are serously overestimating the effort needed to do this.

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80% of us? Or 80% of your age group?

If it's 80% of the younger posters, put me down for a 14 or 15 when I was younger.

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80% of those 17-22.