EVOLUTION OF 100-METRE RECORD SET TO KEEP ON DROPPING

IT’S hard to believe anyone running faster than Usain Bolt but an Australian researcher says the ultimate human running speed for 100 metres is 9.27sec.

Bolt currently owns the world record at 9.58sec but Aussie physiologist and coach Jeremy Richmond has outlined his 9.27sec theory in the IAAF’s ‘New Studies in Athletics’.

He explains how Bolt reaches his top speed at the 68 metre mark and if he was able to sustain that pace for the full 100 then he’d hit the tape at 8.10sec.

That is impossible as a sprinter’s start will always be relatively slow but Richmond believes improvements can come in the area of ground contact time.

media_camera Mark Brayshaw is in line for AFLCA’s head job.

His theory is the faster you put ‘em down and pick ‘em up, the faster you can run. Bolt and other sprinters have a ground contact time of 80 milliseconds, Richmond thinks with advancements in training this can be lowered to 70 milliseconds.

BRAYSHAW LINKED TO VACANT CEO JOB AT AFL COACHES’ ASSOCIATION

NORTH Melbourne board member Mark Brayshaw is being talked about as a possible contender for the CEO job at the AFL Coaches’ Association.

Brayshaw’s company is currently doing a review of the AFLCA’s operations following the departure of Danny Frawley last month.

There is a sense among the coaching fraternity — who have all been surveyed about the state of the body — that the former Richmond CEO may end up running for the gig.

Former West Coast coach John Worsfold has also been involved in the review.

media_camera Brock McLean rates Chris Judd as the best player he has ever seen.

5 ON 5 — CARLTON MIDFIELDER BROCK MCLEAN

Best thing about footy?

Coming into training every day with 45 blokes and all the jokes that you play on each other, the pranks and banter that gets thrown around the changerooms.

Best prank?

Shaun Grigg and I covered Kane Lucas’ car with rotten eggs, rotten dog food, flour, tartare sauce that was off, anything you could think of that was off. We let all the stuff sit out and fester for a good couple of months and we figured Kane was the appropriate one as he lived the closest. He was interstate playing — Griggy and I were in the VFL — but when we drove past the next day it was gone so we think his host family might have got it washed for him.

What about your famous donut incident in the carpark when you were at Melbourne?

I thought it was quite fun at the time but the groundskeeper at Trinity College thought otherwise. The aftermath of it, not being allowed back in the carpark and having to park at the front gate and then walk the rest of the way in wasn’t ideal.

Best player seen?

Chris Judd. I played on him one day and he was only going at 60 per cent because of his groins and he still towelled me up.

Life after footy?

Something in the financial industry. I got my stockbrokers licence last year and I’m doing a one day a week internship as a financial analyst with Lincoln Indicators. I also have a massive passion for travelling, whenever I finish up I’m just going to pack a backpack and go away for at least 12 months, that’s the dream.

THE WHISPER

The ASADA-Essendon scandal has divided many — including the newsroom down Spencer St way. We’re hearing two journos walked out of a meeting in protest at the agenda being run by others on the issue.

Originally published as The Score: race pace to keep improving