One for the nerds

gerard_65

So this is how it all happens...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WuB8BhUJrc

walshb

Loved that. Some great documentaries linked to your video.

Was the race he ran in Texas? Looked like the Chicago marathon.

YFlyer

Marathon to Athens 26.2 miles?

Netwerk Errer

YFlyer wrote: »

Marathon to Athens 26.2 miles?

Not true but we'll leave him off on that on since it's not called the history of the marathon.

26.2 miles was the distance set at the London Olympics in 1948 because the royal family wanted to see the finish or the start of the race. Before that, the race length varied from 24 to 27 miles.

ger664

It was the 1908 London Olympics when it was first used.

Netwerk Errer

Another factual error is the cheetah fact. Cheetahs don't suffer overheating after 1.5 miles unless they actually caught their prey. In the scenario he's talking about, it's actually stress that causes overheating and not exercise induced.

The cheetah actually shows twice as much metabolic heat when catching prey compared to a failed attempt lasting twice the distance.

gerard_65

Netwerk Errer wrote: »

26.2 miles was the distance set at the London Olympics in 1948 because the royal family wanted to see the finish or the start of the race. Before that, the race length varied from 24 to 27 miles.

The British decided this should be the official distance and were shocked when the other European federations accepted it, usually there would be an argument just for the sake of it. What they didn't realise was that 26 miles 385 yards was almost exactly 42km's (just less 100m) a nice round figure in the rest of Europe.

robinph

Netwerk Errer wrote: »

Not true but we'll leave him off on that on since it's not called the history of the marathon.

26.2 miles was the distance set at the London Olympics in 1948 because the royal family wanted to see the finish or the start of the race. Before that, the race length varied from 24 to 27 miles.

It was the 1908 games in London where they did that, but the distance wasn't agreed by everyone until 1921.

clear thinking

Pretty sure its 42.2k. So many things wrong in the video and this thread that its hard to know if the so called facts later on in the clip are bs or not.

gerard_65

clear thinking wrote: »

Pretty sure its 42.2k. So many things wrong in the video and this thread that its hard to know if the so called facts later on in the clip are bs or not.

OK smart ass, its actually 42.195.

YFlyer

Nerds!

clear thinking

gerard_65 wrote: »

OK smart ass, its actually 42.195.

Hey we could go to centimeters if your arsed. With the 1% margin its actually closer to 42.6k. Marathon to Athens is also not 26.2m.