I was wondering what the world records for the 800 1:41.11, the mile 3:43.13, the 5000 12:39.36, the 10000 26:22.75, and the marathon 2:05.42 would be in miles per hour (MPH). Also how fast was Tim Montgomery going when he broke Mo's world record in the 100.
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Here is some elaboration on the last post.
Find a calculator, convert 800 meters to miles and 1:41.11 or whatever other time and distance you want and DIVIDE.
Example: 800 meters= .497 miles, 1:41.11= 101.11 seconds= .0280861 hours, .497 miles/.0280861 hours=
17.699 miles per hour
To spare your brain...on average mph: mile-16.13, 5 km-14.73, 10 km-14.13.
Montgomery averaged 22.85 mph and topped out near 27 mph.
KK was running 12.51 mph
If Montgomery could keep up the pace he would run 1:08:47 for the marathon. Actually, he would break one hour if you consider that the accelaration out the blocks would only affect the first 100m. Not bad.
So, I guess you're saying that marathon standard is awfully soft, eh?
Here's a solution if you need to convert any race time into a number of different equivalents such as minutes/mile, minutes/km, MPH, km/h, feet/second, or meters/second. A while back I wrote a pace and race finish time calculator (Windows). It's pretty small (like 35k). Download it from my site and stick on your desktop (it's freeware). The left half is for pace. You enter time and distance (miles or km) and it spits a bunch of pace equivalents (including MPH). The right half does finish time. You give it a pace in mins/mile or mins/km and it spits out finish time with splits for each mile and 5k (up to the marathon). There are some shortcuts too, like using an 'm' for marathon distance and an 'h' for a half mar. Directions are included in a text file but it's blindingly easy to use. It's pretty flexible too. You can, for example, enter a 15:30 5k as either 15 mins, 30 secs, or as 15.5 mins.
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