If you were the fastest man in the world, on the biggest stage in the world...

[Mr Meoff]

would you:

(a) run as fast as you can, to set the world record so low that no one will get close in the next 100 years; or

(b) relax halfway through the race, laugh, and thump your chest and just barely beat the world record?

I just don't get it.

 

[HD6]

You receive a bonus from your sponsors each time you break a world record, thousands if not millions of dollars. Why set the bar too high the first time?

 

[skip dog]

maybe he comes from that "Tin Cup" school of thought, & records are for history nerd types, but doing something off the wall memorable is a whole lot cooler.

I have not seen it yet, but what he did sounds funny as hell

 

[Mr Meoff]

But you raise a valid argument. If you're U Bolt, you probably think you're invincible.

 

[Mr Meoff]

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[karlchilders.sixpack]

they would set lower records, knowing that they could do better. Same thing???

 

[ShineOnYouCrazyBulldog]

He has plenty of time to lower it even further. But I would bet that somebody, somewhere, sometime will break whatever record he sets.

Edit to add: I think he turned 22 the other day actually.

 

[skip dog]

asdf

 

[Mr Meoff]

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