Comment by tusslewake

Have seen at least one other of these articles lately, on the theoretical limits of some human physical capacity. Here's another, on sprinting:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/olympics/interactive/2...

A few follow-up questions that occur to me: will an understanding of theoretical limits make the actual record breaking seem more routine and less interesting? And will many records be broken beyond the theoretical limit, making these calculations seem rather crude and short-sighted?