Quote Originally Posted by Beanflicker View Post
He had the world record at one point and 2 gold medals.

BTW, since I know where you're going with this, one 100m gold medal > 10 400m gold medals.

400m STINKS, it's for wimps really.
What a load of shit. It thrashes the most grueling energy system of all in the muscles the lactate system. Distance does not give you the pain, neither does the really short stuff. Also the 400 leaves you completely out of breath, neither distance or shorter sprints do that.

400 is the toughest. It's kind of like a little of the best of both worlds.

As a boxer, I'd recommend doing a decending routine though, a few laps warm up jog followed by sprints of 400, dropping to 200s, 100s and even 50s. I agree you still need to do the short stuff for explosive power in the legs. 400s will build that too though as well as stamina, perfect for an amateur with limited time and energy requiring efficient training!!