We have the Comrades Marathon here - 90km, usually in quite a heat. For about 10 years in a row, the winner was Bruce Fordyce, with a top time under 5 hours and 30 minutes. When I was in the army, at one point I was the fastest runner over 2.4km in our regiment - I could do it in 8m20s (admittedly, with assault rifle and in boots). I worked out that Fordyce could do the 2.4 a little slower than me - about 8m45s - but he kept that pace for 90km...
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Date: 2004-06-04 02:21 am (UTC)We have the Comrades Marathon here - 90km, usually in quite a heat. For about 10 years in a row, the winner was Bruce Fordyce, with a top time under 5 hours and 30 minutes. When I was in the army, at one point I was the fastest runner over 2.4km in our regiment - I could do it in 8m20s (admittedly, with assault rifle and in boots). I worked out that Fordyce could do the 2.4 a little slower than me - about 8m45s - but he kept that pace for 90km...