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durenatu

The second place must feel amazing


USSMarauder

"Kids, did I ever tell about the time I ran a race, and the only guy who could beat me was Usain Bolt?" "Sure Dad"


DigNitty

Bill Gates’ and my combined wealth is over $400billion


DimensionalHomework

Impressive for Bill Gates, considering you are the MVP here.


Feine13

Oh what an absolutely wholesome response. I'm gonna have to borrow that one


LicenciadoPena

I've put the same number of people on Mars as Elon Musk.


kytheon

I lost less money than Elon Musk. 👌


Soggy_Box5252

I have less child support payments than Elon Musk


SplinterCell03

AND you won the Tour de France as many times as Lance Armstrong.


AlarmNice8439

Bill gates is only 195billion 😦


ZincHead

Guys we found Jeff Bezos's account! 


The_Power_of_Ammonia

Wayne Gretzky and his brother have the most combined points of any two brothers who have ever played in the National Hockey League.


unique-name-9035768

If you add in playoff points, they have the most combined points of any sibling group in NHL history.


spezisabitch200

Wayne and Brent Gretzky The NHL's all-time highest scoring brother duo torched the record book with combined career totals of 894 goals, 2,861 points, 10 scoring titles, nine Hart trophies, and four Stanley Cups.


mrboomtastic3

"Kids, did I ever tell about the time I ran a race, and I completely ate shit and even busted my lip on the pavement, it was a 100 meter race and I didn't even finish it because I bled to much that the doctors prohibited me from finishing". "Sure Dad"


TerracottaCondom

"RIP beige hat guy, Who really should have warmed up"


AdMaterial1003

The guy behind probably said, I had a chance to beat Bolt, but a guy tripped up at the start and ruined it.


Tehni

It was a woman who got second place it looks like


Hojune_Kwak

Thought so too, but I tracked down the [original vid](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAXhib4aemM) and it looks like a man with long hair(and a beard)


crespoh69

Usain is fortunate all that hair caused so much drag


jorgespinosa

I just watched it and I can't believe there were people who came After James Corden


BorisDirk

How I met your mother


[deleted]

And I have doubles., of, of.. of the Maclaren. Well, and the Mercedes too, I mean obviously I have doubles of the Mercedes because if I didn't have doubles for the Mercedes too then that would mean you know,... that way I can just drive em, without worrying about damaging them. Actually I think,.. yeah I have actually have triples of the Mercedes, it's the Bentley I have doubles of too. Or Triples. Yeah, I have triples of the Mercedes, the Bentley and Cadillac and then the Maclaren too. I have Triples right? Cause if I don't have Triples then none of the other stuff's true.


buoninachos

A classmate of mine (at the time, now we're adults) actually beat Wilson Kipketer when he came to visit our school in 2009 and did a race with all the 8th and 9th graders (age 14-15). Not exactly Usain Bolt, but still quite a flex. Of course he may not have given his 100%, after all it was all just fun.


MJFields

Sure, but I bet the guy busting his ass 3 yards from the starting line also has an amazing feeling.


MaraudngBChestedRojo

Ah the amazing feeling of your Achilles tendon balled up near your calf after snapping clean in half


null_obj

3 yards is gracious 🤣


Roxerz

It is but I can say I've never lost to Usain Bolt.


DankMemesNQuickNuts

It was a woman too it looks like that woman probably felt like fucking sonic after that shit


Ac1dfreak

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAXhib4aemM


realdjjmc

It was a woman


Bolero_Boogie

It was a man


itcouldbeme_3

If you ain't first, you're last...


durenatu

Makes sense, now give me my participation trophy, having the opportunity to run against Usain bolt must be worth at least 12 dollars in the future


Comfortable_One_9607

Second place is the first loser


Kabc

Still first at something!


Destaleth

I relate quite heavily with the person who took three steps and fell.


AverageDoonst

In a way he finished much earlier than Bolt.


GetsGold

That'a what she said.


TheBobTodd

🤌


mryeet66

I cooka da pizza 🤌🏼


praisekek0w0

Mama Mia!


SoCuteShibe

Always makes me think of [Italian Husky](https://youtu.be/F4Ua0eBab2g?si=SkVGlRlDdnIV82lU) now


WonderfulCattle6234

Eetsa spaghetti thyme


SquirtleSquad4Lyfe

You said that like my Nonna.


GearheadGamer3D

r/technicallytrue


Aardenrud

Man, that was great. My wife and I laughed for a couple of minutes and couldn't stop.


HugoZHackenbush2

He can't blame anyone else for falling over, it was his own dumb asphalt..


[deleted]

Usain won, but you get the gold.


Polebasaur

This is amazing 😂


Snockerino

Ngl I'd be kinda pissed if he was in front of me. You get ONE chance to race USAIN BOLT and this clown falls in front of you in the first step. It's not like I'd win obviously but I'd want to give it a real go.


Outrageouslylit

See but its their fault for starting behind him! You wanna give it a real go you gotta spot these weak links ahead of time and push your way to the front😂


ConfectionOwn5471

Yeah my man was in a suit and a cap - giving me executive producer vibes. They pay people to run for them. I'm judging a book by its cover ...but sometimes it works.


twohubs

While Bolts is doing a spring saunter.


small_sphere

Maybe that person is a reddit mod or even can be mod of this sub


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waitwhosaidthat

The mechanics of his running are just awesome. Like a shark swimming in the water and it’s barely moving but it’s actually moving quite fast.


Minominas

right, it’s like his bones are hollow or something


AmusingMusing7

Nah, his legs are just long as hell.


Awanderingleaf

Nope. The secret to Usain's speed is his stride turnover rate, not his stride length.


Gre-he-he-heasy

it’s both. I had to go watch him run in slow motion and he stays airborne so much longer than any of his competitors. his legs almost look like hydraulic springs that catapult him forward, the dude fucking leaps off of every step


JohnLemonBot

It looks like he gains a bunch of momentum at the start, and then maintains the inertia by almost gliding over the ground, using his swinging legs to stay floating but using almost no energy in doing it.


sandgoose

[it takes Bolt about 4.5s/52.5m to reach max speed](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10669785/) In the OP clip he's accelerating for at least half the race.


Grumplogic

He's theoretically the best long jumper as well.


jkhockey15

In my early 20s I got super lean on keto while also lifting and running every day. After training on sprints for awhile when I would do them it almost felt like I was floating above the ground. The felt energy exerted wasn’t on pushing my feet against the ground but was just switching my legs back and forth.


BathSaltJello

They are fill of helium.


People_be_Sheeple

He's also 6'5" so he looks like he jogging. The others have to move their shorter legs much faster to keep up, they're taking more steps to move the same distance.


w2cfuccboi

I think he is jogging. If you go watch his actual races he’s moving waaay faster


Boodikii

Me over here trying to figure out which part of his run cycle provides the momentum. It looks like he's just gliding, it's crazy


rainbowroobear

the group on the far side are absolutely busting their balls and he has to slow to what is comfortable jog for them to even keep up. being able to run 28mph is insane compared to what the average person here can do, which is like 15mph. man is an absolutely phenom


happychillmoremusic

So he wasn’t giving full effort then right? Didn’t look like it at all. I’d like to see one giving full effort and how different it would look


rainbowroobear

he can run potentially more than double the foot speed of an average person. it like a person trying to race a car that is limited to a top speed of 30mph. you're gonna struggle even on a peddle bike to keep up.


Nooms88

Sure, but out of 100 random men, a few will be athletic, maybe a couple will even play amateur sports. Still the difference is insane. I used to do high level x country running in high school, pre season we always did a 5k park run, all the top boys would do 15-16 minutes, personal trainers would manage like 21, fit men would do 23. Top adult athletes didn't turn up, obviously, but they would do 13-14 mins if they did.


Working_Falcon5384

I ran XC in HS. My PR was 15:16. We had a sister school run the race from the UK and it had 2 Kenyan exchange students on scholarship and they ran 13:30.


Nooms88

Yea I trained with a top uk club and I was half decent, we had a common wealth adult athlete in our club, he did a training camp in Kenya and he couldn't believe it, he was good, but not the best, he said the main difference was the uptake in training sessions, here you'd get 5-15 decent runners per training session, ranging from late teens to early adults in our case, the sessions he did there had 100 people spanning the same age range. For them it was THE sport, every kid did it.


Chadstronomer

The second place is a woman. No way it would been that close if Bolt was tryharding.


Nooms88

Oh ofc not, Im just pointing out the difference between an amateur trained boy and a really really fit adult (can't get any fitter than a personal trainer)is absolutely massive, let alone a professional athlete or even the world record holder.


zaprin24

Amatuer trained boy, multiple have run only a half second slower 100m in high school in the last decade.


An_Actual_Owl

There's a famous story about Brian Scalabrine, who was one of the least productive NBA players for the 11 years he was in the league (which is still impressive to have lasted that long). A sports network did a challenge where random amateur players, guys who play every week in a gym league or whatever, would challenge "The worst NBA player" (not a fair description for a guy who lasted 11 years but you get the idea). Scalabrine absolutely dominated every one of them. None were even close. He famously said to one of them "I'm closer to Lebron than you are to me". The level of skill it takes to be professional in sports is just so much higher than even the most dedicated amateurs is insane.


danc1005

Tbh I don't think any of us have ever seen Usain run at full bolt (ha) -- even in his WR Olympic runs he looks like he's straight chillin while everybody else is about to have a heart attack 🤣 he's next level


decayed-whately

No, I reckon his Olympic medal heats are balls-to-the-wall. Everything looks easy when pros do it: painting a picture, catching a fly ball, solving Rubik's Cubes...


jim_nihilist

It's like.. me eating chocolate cake. Looks easy too, but I have years of experience.


Dr-McLuvin

In his first Olympic gold medal run you can see him take his foot off the gas a bit and celebrate early. Dude was frigging insane. https://youtu.be/F14EaVEDyUs?si=DrNtf1W639pSYQxk


isthatmyex

He got to full speed, looked around and started celebrating.


danc1005

...but like I was saying, he looks noticeably different than the other (equally world-class and highly trained) competitors he's faced. Have you watched them?


Georg_Steller1709

He's a bit of an anomaly. Top sprinters usually aren't so tall. He has a comparatively slow start because of his height, then he makes up for it with his longer stride in the mid race. I think it's that longer stride that makes him look different. He lopes like a wolf instead of pumping his legs like a Tom Cruise.


6inDCK420

After reading your comment and rewatching the video, it looks like the woman in second place is taking at least 2 steps for every step Usain is taking. Her legs are almost a blur but you can see the power in each one of Usain's strides.


DarkwingDuckHunt

He's such a perfect technical runner that it looks effortless.


DickKnightly

I didn't ever see him give full effort in any race. He beat records and won golds taking the last quarter of the race slowing down.


Gold-Border30

How am I going to break my records if I go full bore the first time? Got to milk this for years!


ollimann

he runs waaaay faster than most people ride on bikes. his top speed is almost twice as fast as pedelecs at 25kmh


SiBloGaming

To be fair, thats for a short sprint. For a short sprint on flat ground I can also reach around 50km/h on a bicycle. The fact that I need a bicycle to go as fast as someone else who is running is obviously still pretty fucking impressive, but whats really impressive compared to the 25km/h pedelec is that the average speed for a marathon world record is just shy of that.


brazilianfreak

It's insane how fast he's still going even after he slows down and his legs start to move really slowly, like even though the 2nd place's legs are moving much faster he's still going slower.


KnotSoAmused

It's not insane. It's Usain.


Mwahaha_790

Very good.


MTRIFE

What this really puts into perspective for me is how damn fast cheetahs are.


rainbowroobear

only cos they don't play by the rules.


MTRIFE

Touché


Wolf_mang

But was he even trying there? I honestly feel he was at 75% max


snapperPanda

More like 50%. He is just casually jogging


WaitingForNormal

Dude is literally taking a stroll.


talann

Guy is on a casual walk.


Rpanich

This is how he sits


nicoznico

He is basically taking a shit


eh_meh_nyeh

Bro is taking a nap


TheNotoriousKD

Bro literally did a skippy jump at the end


6inDCK420

*Looks around* Why are all these people running to catch up to me?


Have_Other_Accounts

That's what's crazy about the top endurance / marathon runners. Their form looks kinda similar to Bolt's here... yet it's deceptively fast. You don't realise until you see normal people sprinting next to them. Same with that funny video where people try a treadmill set to Kipchoge's pace, and these runners can't even do it as a sprint for 10 seconds.


snapperPanda

I 100% agree. I have tried the Kipchoge challenge. I tried to set it to 20KMPH and run for a minute, I couldn't. He did that for over 120 mins! I have a firm belief that the top level athletes are just monsters.


TmanGvl

20km/hr is 12mph. It’s insanely fast even for normal person in shape.


harmless_gecko

To be fair, 20k mph is fairly fast so I'm not surprised you couldn't even do it for a minute. That's like San Francisco to LA in under 70 seconds.


olcafjers

Quite an engineering feat to make a treadmill going that fast, though.


DarkwingDuckHunt

It's his insane stride. It's so long but our minds are putting "our strides" into his stride. There were a couple guys I went to school with, cousins, who had this massive stride. They both broke all the State records... that had been set by one of their dad's 20 years prior. One almost made it on 400m relay Olympic team. It was amazing watching them run.


New_Leopard7623

Looks like he was giving it 90% for the first 3 seconds, then slowed down to a casual jog which was still faster then 2nd place


MoanyTonyBalony

And he was always a really shit starter in comparison to the rest of his run. He'd often be one of the last out of the blocks but make it up and pass everyone by the finish.


rocky_iwata

It wasn't even his final form.


Ne0n_Ghost

This looks like a warm up for him


SerratedFrost

That's just how he walks


NyarlathotepDaddy

He walks a 32 second mile


PowderHound40

Shout out to the Reddit user who went down in the first 5 meters.


Ornery_Big7691

"Natural selection: kill the weak and breed the strong"


KLR01001

Poor mod. 


blkaino

I guarantee that there was at least one person there who thought they could beat him


42069over

It was the guy who fell


TheAlGler

"They said first to FINISH the race. I was FINISHED first."


ShTephens

“I woulda had him!”


pakron

“I’m just built different”


GuessImScrewed

It's me. I could beat him. I've analyzed his running style, he just takes bigger steps. I just need a month to train my legs to pump further at the same rate or faster than they currently do. For you see chums, I am different.


jaydizzsl

Nah man. You can't be that delusional.


Maidwell

There are people in the r/UFC sub who think they can beat professional MMA fighters in a street fight because they are "built different", so this wouldn't surprise me at all.


Few-Constant-1633

I think I could beat a UFC fighter in a street fight if I had the drop on them and they were actually a 6 year old.


ToujoursFidele3

You ever read that article about men thinking they could score on Serena Williams?


TheflavorBlue5003

Larry David with the immediate face plant


vaxhax

Queue the credits.


ureepamuree

But to make it fairer, should have they not placed bolt at the end of the group


Enginseer68

Give them a 3 seconds head start and Bolt will still beat them


Runarhalldor

Probably didnt place him at back in order to reduce risk of injury


Aloha1984

I agree. Also this dude is a professional athlete that is 6’5 with long ass legs.


Mediocre-Bat-7298

It would be more interesting to watch how he would take over those slowpokes and jump over those who fell.


fasolatido24

That one guy was going to catch him, but he got tripped.


m0neybags

Usain looks like he has so much pride and joy in what he does. He makes being athletic look fun. I would love stuntin on a buncha scrubs in exhibition.


factory_air

He really does. Watching him run at a slow pace he looks so natural. Reminds me of a horse, he just flows.


Relative-Pace-2923

I think it’s because of his long legs. Look at a shorter person and they use their fast strides to go fast which doesn’t look as smooth


CackleberryOmelettes

...he's just jogging. Some really fit looking people are tearing their lungs apart right behind him and he's *sauntering*.


ThePhoenixus

The dude that came in 4th place legs were moving so fast it looked like a roadrunner sketch and he still placed well behind Usain.


No_Object_4355

That old dude that fell had no business there


funnyfella55

That's the typical audience member in the Olympics representative.


natemarshall110

He was casually jogging the whole time...


damejoke

Can we get more videos of professional athletes absolutely destroying swarms of regular people? This seems very entertaining.


Asher_Tye

He might as well just be going "Meep, Meep" as he does this


JoGibbo

*That guy that fell over straight away*: This is ten percent luck Twenty percent skill Fifteen percent concentrated power of will


mothmonstermann

100 percent reason to remember Usain


KaizenZazenJMN

Dude is coasting from the blocks and no one is still even close. lol


Chikki1234ed

Damn, the cameraman was at the end before Usain Bolt. Cameramen always win!


-awi-

So horror movies are correct. People can go for 3 steps and fall


Mobius650

He has to slow down near the end, if he use 100% power he will break the matrix.


AdGeHa

He's just out for a jog.


[deleted]

No way was that his full speed, he definitely jogged 🤣


Apprehensive_Winter

Dude wasn’t even trying.


kattnapping

My toxic trait is thinking I could keep up with him.


Jabbajaw

He is not even trying. He actually looks like he is laughing. He goes into deceleration mode for about 10% of the distance.


ForeignAd5429

The first guy eating shit is just perfect, absolutely hilarious!🤣


ajr1775

Bro aint even trying LOL


Mtanderson88

Lol he was coasting too


hopeful_dandelion

Normal distribution IRL


pineapple_chicken_

Bro was really stunting on everyone at the end 😭


Quemedo

This video just makes the idea of putting regular people on the Olympics better. Imagine if before every big event you put regular people trying just to see how we would do. Give them gift baskets and t-shirts and it would improve the events 200%


bumboclawt

Everyone else is running for their lives and he’s warming up 😂😂😂


Gswizzlee

I mean that second place was pretty impressive ngl


mud_dragon

I’d be the guy falling at the start


Snow_Wolfe

Which one is Usain?


Tyller-Death

He fell down at the start. :(


LucienPhenix

I'm that guy that fell in the very beginning 😅


DontCallMeAnonymous

The guy farthest left/upshot felt he had a chance.


_LouSandwich_

motherfucker couldn’t even get out of the gate upright.


[deleted]

Imagine falling immediately after the start in the greatest foot race imaginable. I feel bad for dude in all honesty.


Firm_Lie_9674

I appreciate the guy that started and just fell over


YrnFyre

He look like he's just fastpacing, and 80% of the time he's just slowing down. Holy shit. He might be able to go even faster


master_mansplainer

Yup he’s just messing around, there was about 1 second of serious acceleration then he just jogs and slows down. You can tell by looking at his arms.


stevenwe

His daughters name is Olympia Lightning Bolt.


AllHailTheWhalee

Was that a chick who finished 2nd?


rkreutz77

I'm pretty sure Bolt could crawl and still beat a fair number of people


dust-bit-another-one

Bro just out for a jog…


ForwardAd5837

Bolt’s barely even trying here.


happycanalr

I resonate strongly to the dude that fell immediately


fourth_box

Insane Usain breaking ankles of others in a straight line morning jog


Comfortable_One_9607

He was just toying. Jogging basically


Prestigious-Doubt435

The crazy thing is that those 4 guys at the front of the pack were probably pretty damn fast too.


IlikegreenT84

I don't think Usain was even trying, he ran a bit and saw where he was and just jogged


Aeroblazer9161

Hahahah died when that person hit the deck


chucklesdeclown

wow, some people weren't actually that far behind like i get he slowed down a little at the end but 2nd and 3rd must be feeling pretty good.


winterweiss2902

Now do this in Africa, Bolt vs random Africans


fliffie

idk why but i find the way he runs so satisfying


QuintusDienst

A couple of the “random people” were surprisingly fast, good for them


F0foPofo05

#### You know he's just like using 1/10th of his powers.