On the Letsrun podcast, Rojo's brother-in-law and nephew were asked questions about our sport. They knew a bit, but not much...
That made me curious about how much an average non-runner knows about our sport. I think I will run a survey with fifty regular people (from my daily life) and report the results back here.
What should I ask on the survey? I will not ask more than 7-8 questions or the people won't have time/interest.
Here are some examples:
- How far is a marathon?
- How much money do you think the winner of the Boston Marathon gets??
- What is the current world record in the mile?
- Name three active track and field athletes (if you can).
- What nation won the most track and field medals at the Olympics?
- If someone is jogging down the street, what is a normal jogging pace (in minutes per mile)?
- How high is the world record in the high jump? And pole vault?