Go to your local high school track and run a lap in 69.9 seconds.

that's a good observation, the WR just dipped under 70 seconds per 400m pace for the first time (although Mutai's wind-aided time in Boston was already there).

this is kind of insane to wrap my head around

I thought the pace was 4:41 - which would not be sub 70 per lap

I think there's a metric v imperial thingy going on here.

Dude! wrote:

I thought the pace was 4:41 - which would not be sub 70 per lap

Correct. 4:41/mile equates to 69.9 for 400m.

I ran an 800 meters at this pace the other day and I was pretty proud of myself. Kinda nuts that some guy can run that for 26 miles.

vivalarepublica wrote:

Kinda nuts that some guy can run that for 26 miles.

Don't forget the .2. Anybody can do that for 26 miles, its the .2 that gets you.

ifyouthinkso wrote:

vivalarepublica wrote:

Kinda nuts that some guy can run that for 26 miles.

Don't forget the .2. Anybody can do that for 26 miles, its the .2 that gets you.

Don't forget the .01875745645430684800763540921. Anybody can do that for 26.2 miles, its the .01875745645430684800763540921 that gets you.

I can't run one lap at that pace.

See sub 3 can't touch 70 thread.

iosonfrvuier wrote:

ifyouthinkso wrote:

Don't forget the .2. Anybody can do that for 26 miles, its the .2 that gets you.

Don't forget the .01875745645430684800763540921. Anybody can do that for 26.2 miles, its the .01875745645430684800763540921 that gets you.

Nice, you got me

Larry Rawson wrote:

That's the world record marathon speed. Yes, it has now dipped under 70 seconds per lap.

I went yesterday evening to try, but someone was walking their dog in lane 1 and their kid was riding a bike with training wheels in lane 2, so I went home.

hahaha

Isn't that what pepper spray is for? There's a thread about this somewhere...

I seem to remember the verdict being a collapsible baton or small caliber pistol was the way to go. Or am I confusing this with another thread?

Ted Underhill wrote:

Larry Rawson wrote:

That's the world record marathon speed. Yes, it has now dipped under 70 seconds per lap.

I went yesterday evening to try, but someone was walking their dog in lane 1 and their kid was riding a bike with training wheels in lane 2, so I went home.

We must go to the same track...

iosonfrvuier wrote:

ifyouthinkso wrote:

Don't forget the .2. Anybody can do that for 26 miles, its the .2 that gets you.

Don't forget the .01875745645430684800763540921. Anybody can do that for 26.2 miles, its the .01875745645430684800763540921 that gets you.

Don't forget the extra 0.1% added on to the distance by the course measurer. It's the extra 0.1% that gets you.

not quite... wrote:

iosonfrvuier wrote:

Don't forget the .01875745645430684800763540921. Anybody can do that for 26.2 miles, its the .01875745645430684800763540921 that gets you.

Don't forget the extra 0.1% added on to the distance by the course measurer. It's the extra 0.1% that gets you.

Don't forget the doping. Anyone can do that for 26.201875745645430684800763540921 miles plus 0.1% mismeasurement- it's the not doping that gets you.

This means that for at least 800 meters or so they were going pretty slow. I woulda been way ahead.

Good thing they went faster over the full distance or they wouldn't have got near the record.

Looks like another argument to go metric.But wait a minute.Isn't the "exact" marathon distance 26 miles 385 yds?In other words, exactly 26.21875 miles?This makes the marathon distance exactly 42.194988 kmNo rounding errors yet.The popular metric approximation of 42.195 km is exactly 12mm too long.12 mm is approximately -- rounded to 1000 significant digits:0.007456454306848007635409210212359818659031257456454306848007635409210212359818659031257456454306848007635409210212359818659031257456454306848007635409210212359818659031257456454306848007635409210212359818659031257456454306848007635409210212359818659031257456454306848007635409210212359818659031257456454306848007635409210212359818659031257456454306848007635409210212359818659031257456454306848007635409210212359818659031257456454306848007635409210212359818659031257456454306848007635409210212359818659031257456454306848007635409210212359818659031257456454306848007635409210212359818659031257456454306848007635409210212359818659031257456454306848007635409210212359818659031257456454306848007635409210212359818659031257456454306848007635409210212359818659031257456454306848007635409210212359818659031257456454306848007635409210212359818659031257456454306848007635409210212359818659031257456454306848007635409210212359818659031257456454306848007635409210212359818659031257456454306848007635409210212359818 miles.

iosonfrvuier wrote:

Don't forget the .01875745645430684800763540921. Anybody can do that for 26.2 miles, its the .01875745645430684800763540921 that gets you.