Re: [HOE] MPH/pace Questions v. hsrunner

[Sean Michael Whipkey <highway@cstone.net>]

Michael Shindler wrote:
> 2) We have a track team at my high school, which I avoid (dangling participle
> here on purpose). One guy on the track team ran a mile in 5 minutes (or so is
> his claim, I didn't see it). Assuming he's telling the truth - he hasn't lied
> to me yet, and I've known him for 4 years - that's an average velocity of 12
> MPH (1 mile / 5 minutes) x (60 minutes / hour) = (12 miles/hour). Heroes are
> supposed to be faster than the generic high school track runner, aren't they?

Chariots of Fire, the movie, is about the struggle for a runner to break
the four minute barrier in running a mile.  When it breaks down, 4
minutes is just about the fastest (give or take a few seconds) that the
best runners in the world run a mile.

And 4 minute miles is 15 MPH, though no one can hold up that pace for
long.

It does sound like to me that somethings a little wacky with the math...

SeanMike