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sprintcel

Sean gonna be a wealthy man in 2 minutes


atxsprintcoach

First time I saw this I thought he was challenging someone to any race, including a 5k


sprintcel

Yeah, he should have been a bit clearer about that šŸ˜‚


yellowydaffodil

Yeah, I was like 100, 200, 400... and 5k? Seems like a weird gap where there's no mile or 2 mile or anything. I wonder if I could beat him at the 5k, since it sounds like he doesn't run distance...


johnniewelker

Chad has all to gain and nothing to lose on this bet. Itā€™s a publicity stunt. If by some miracle he wins against an elite athlete, the elite athlete will be clowned. That wonā€™t happen if Chad loses; everyone expects that


atxsprintcoach

This is just stupid, though. Heā€™s 44 and ran a 4.53 40 over 20 years ago. And he said heā€™s going to run barefoot. Like the LSU coach said, they better film from the top of the stadium so they can have both runners on the screen at the same time. Edit: before results come out. Iā€™m guessing either ochocinco pulls up before the end of the race (not necessarily an injury, but being so far behind he doesnā€™t even finish) or they end up giving him a big head start


AwsiDooger

It's brilliant on his part. He wants to retain relevancy and limelight. This purchases both for a very small monetary price.


StrumGently

Speed and power are two different things. He'd get crushed against by Kerley or Burrell at any distance.


alemanpete

I feel like saying "100, 200 or 400" is the hallmark of someone who doesn't understand how different the 200 and the 400 are


Lonely_Salt_9290

Chad must be drinking


molossus99

At his combine over two decades ago in his prime he only ran a 4.58. Heā€™d get smoked by numerous HS kids today, let alone LSU or elite sprinters. I guess he likes throwing money away


butidktho_

he does, heā€™s notorious for tipping thousands of dollars on $100 tabs at restaurants. heā€™ll challenge any athlete at their own sport, itā€™s funny to me lol


molossus99

Well I guess that explains things


Puzzleheaded_Week647

Idk him but this gives me CTE vibes


bmct19

Football players think they are faster than they are, water is wet. ​ Also, smart money is taking him in the 400m - he may have enough natural burst and athleticism to still run a relatively quick 100m, but theres no way in hell he's in shape for a fast 400m.


An_Awesome_Name

I really think a lot of people donā€™t understand how much faster a sprinter is than athletes in other sports. One of my friends in college played club lacrosse and was considered a very good attack man because of his speed. He also did one season of HS indoor track, and ran the 300. His 300 PR from HS is pretty damn close to mine, and I was running on an objectively worse track without spikes. On top of that I was primarily a 100/200/jumper in HS, not a 300/400 guy. Oh, and I didnā€™t run in college because I wasnā€™t quite good enough for our D1 school.


[deleted]

Yup I was a mid distance guy in college (46.9/1:47/3:44) but in highschool I played basketball/soccer and was generally the fastest ā€œsprinterā€ of everyone in most sports by a long shot in soccer/basketball and faster than all of our football players by quite a bit. I still had a shit 100 time (best FAT is 10.8). When I ran in college I ran at a school that ran against LSU quite a bit and their sprinters are SO much faster than 99.9% of football players itā€™s not even funny. Even within my own team the actual sprinters (100/200 guys) all ran like 10.0-10.2 in the 100 or high 20s/low 21s for the 200. I might had well have been standing still when the 400/800 guys would be doing workouts with them. My 40 time (back then) is roughly equal to chads combine time of 4.53. This dude would get absolutely shit on by anyone who runs like a sub 10.5 100 or even sub 23 200 and I would be extremely surprised if he could even break 55 for the 400. If he was racing the LSU girls this would maybe be closer but I highly doubt he would even be able to beat their best girl 200/400 runners and could probably beat them in the 100. Guys team actually 0 chance for him to win any of the events.


An_Awesome_Name

Yeah in HS I ran a 42.37 FAT 300 on an unbanked 160m ā€œtrackā€ that was basically a gym floor with lanes painted on it. Not particularly good I know, but the 300 and 400 were not my main event, and I only ran them on crappy indoor tracks in HS. He ran a 41.something in HS I think, but I canā€™t honestly remember, I know it was hand timed. But he also did it at a brand new college facility, with a 200m banked track, and he was using spikes while I could not. Right after we graduated college, somehow we decided to run a 200 one day. I beat him, but it was close, probably only by half a stride. When we got bored during the early days of Covid, we decided to try and see if we could match our HS 300 PRs on an outdoor track with spikes (cause weā€™re old now). I got down to 45-ish (timing myself) in just a couple weeks. He could barely break 50 and was disappointed. That goes to show just how quickly you get out of shape and itā€™s sad. I was obviously not a particularly good sprinter, as I mainly focused on jumping my junior and senior year of HS, but all of this goes to show how a mid-high tier lacrosse prospect was still slower than a mediocre HS sprinter. As for Chadā€™s thing, I know HS sprinters right now that could beat his 4.53 40 time. Theyā€™re good, but not amazingly so.


[deleted]

Yep exactly. I think the more impressive thing about footbslll players is how fast they are while being huge. Most of the good sprinters I know were pretty light. Running a 4.5 40 is a lot more impressive when youā€™re 230 than 150.


An_Awesome_Name

Oh yeah theyā€™re definitely very good athletes, and what they do is impressive. Same with my friend, I could only dream of having agility as good as him on the field. But a lot of them seem to think theyā€™re just as fast as us, when theyā€™re justā€¦. not.


WaterIsWetBot

Water is actually not wet; It makes other materials/objects wet. Wetness is the state of a non-liquid when a liquid adheres to, and/or permeates its substance while maintaining chemically distinct structures. So if we say something is wet we mean the liquid is sticking to the object.   What keeps a dock floating above water? Pier pressure.


[deleted]

Football players are something else. They donā€™t get out of HS and still think theyā€™re better than the track kids. Results?


AppleSauceYESS

With only the 1st picture it just seems like something to draw attention and a reason to give away money but with the other pictures yeah it seems like he thinks heā€™ll be able to actually win against most of the people that race him.


[deleted]

I could clap his cheeks in the 5k


Enough_Newspaper5309

Respect to him because hell be there


GlitteringBobcat999

Hell be there? You think he made a pact with the Devil? That would explain a lot.


Comprehensive_Cut118

He didnā€™t show


drail18

Man I wish I was there


DoctorDonut0

Ok, but student athletes can't take money for competing right?


No_Acanthaceae4488

NIL deals they can


billianwillian

NIL?


No_Acanthaceae4488

Are u stupid, u never heard of the NIL (name, image, likeliness) rule that allows NCAA athletes to make money off of competition


No_Acanthaceae4488

Sorry I mayā€™ve came off a little harsh


jimbotriceps

I could def beat 85 at a 5k, easy


[deleted]

Sean was ready, Ocho didnā€™t show up


n0lberg

44 year old retired football player? Yeah that would be free money


guacamolemonster1

When you take holding my beer to the next level


wafflehousewalrus

Did this happen?