John Brenkus (1971–2025)

This could be the funnest book on sports speculation ever written. Lively and interesting and fun and detailed and easy-to-grasp discussions on what's theoretically possible at the upper limit of sports achievement. I would not have minded a bit more in the technical discussion area, but what was brought to the table certainly sufficed. Recommended for anyone who holds spectacular sports achievements in awe.

Fun to read, but why did the author ignore 50% of the population? Women play sports, too!

Attempts to predict the best possibilities in various sports. Didn't read all of the chapters except the events that most interest me, i.e. fastest possible 100m, swim freestyle, marathon etc.

Didn't really like how it fictionalised the possible future events but the analysis of what it takes to physically achieve a result was very interesting and I've never seen such discussion before.

Worth a random access read!

A great sports book if there ever was one! Very thought-prevoking on the future of athletics. It's amazing what the human body is potentially capable of! I warn you: some of these perfection points may surprise you.