- 42.2 K OR 42,165 m
- 46,112 yds OR 138,336 ft OR 1,660,032 in
- Approximately 105 laps around an outdoor track
- Approximately 6,917 "Jaws-sized" (20ft) great white sharks lying nose to fin
- Approximately 510,779 funfetti cupcakes lined up cupcake-top to cupcake-top (I'm assuming an average diameter of 3.25")
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Monday, March 7, 2011
How long is this marathon?
So now that we've adequately prepared for the "english" section of the running standardized test, I thought we'd explore the "math" section. This question seemed like a good place to start, as I decided the other day that I needed to think of more creative ways to answer it (compared to the standard 26.2 mile response). So, 26.2 miles =
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At a stride length of 6 ft or 1.8 m, a runner will take 23,425 steps to complete a marathon. That's 11,712 per foot! I think the 6 ft stride length was for a 6 ft male running a 10k, so women and men with shorter strides will hit the pavement even more times than that.
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lol... 1/11712th of the way done... 2/11712th of the way done... when you cross the line I'm totally yelling 11712/11712th way done (x3)... WAHOOO! :-)
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