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how fast can a normal person run 100 meters?
Posted by: bazookaman
Date: August 17, 2008 10:37PM
I know the Jamican guy ran it 9.6 something. So how fast does a non-olympian run it?



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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/17/2008 10:46PM by bazookaman.
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Re: how fast can a normal person run 100 meters?
Posted by: mattkime
Date: August 17, 2008 10:46PM
where are you from? the average american can barely walk no more than the distance between Walmart and the nearest parking spot, let alone run 100m.




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Re: how fast can a normal person run 100 meters?
Posted by: mikebw
Date: August 17, 2008 11:11PM
I am wondering the same thing. I know I am pretty fast, always have been, but I was never part of any track events so I have no idea what my time would be. Although I am very light skinned so that already puts a damper on my time...
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Re: how fast can a normal person run 100 meters?
Posted by: lafinfil
Date: August 17, 2008 11:13PM
Are there nachos and beer at the finish line .... just wondering ... may effect my time ...


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Re: how fast can a normal person run 100 meters?
Posted by: Paul F.
Date: August 17, 2008 11:14PM
12... maybe 14....


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Re: how fast can a normal person run 100 meters?
Posted by: RgrF
Date: August 17, 2008 11:37PM
Really depends on who or what's chasing them.
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Re: how fast can a normal person run 100 meters?
Posted by: Seacrest
Date: August 17, 2008 11:40PM
I usually take around a week or so.




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Re: how fast can a normal person run 100 meters?
Posted by: davester
Date: August 18, 2008 12:07AM
12 seconds is fast. 14 is probably more like it for someone of high school age in moderately good shape and trying hard in PE class.

I like the mile distance much better. I always remember the limiting factor on my 100 yard/meter time was the ability of my legs to move fast and stay coordinated, rather than my stamina. It seems that I hit a certain speed and then running any faster I would start to stumble because my legs couldn't keep up with how fast I was trying to run.



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Re: how fast can a normal person run 100 meters?
Posted by: Forrest
Date: August 18, 2008 05:42AM
I can walk a mile in 15 minutes. So 100 meters takes me 56 seconds.
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Re: how fast can a normal person run 100 meters?
Posted by: Lux Interior
Date: August 18, 2008 05:46AM
What's a "meter"?

smiling smiley
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Re: how fast can a normal person run 100 meters?
Posted by: RgrF
Date: August 18, 2008 05:51AM
It's what the gas company uses to over bill you.
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Re: how fast can a normal person run 100 meters?
Posted by: rgG
Date: August 18, 2008 05:57AM
When I ran track in junior high school my best time in the 100 YARD, not meters, dash was 12 seconds flat. Not bad for a girl. smiling smiley




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Re: how fast can a normal person run 100 meters?
Posted by: incognegro
Date: August 18, 2008 06:10AM
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RgrF
Really depends on who or what's chasing them.

good point. cops, vicious dog or jealous ex- would get ya goin quicker!


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Re: how fast can a normal person run 100 meters?
Posted by: davester
Date: August 18, 2008 06:11AM
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rgG
When I ran track in junior high school my best time in the 100 YARD, not meters, dash was 12 seconds flat. Not bad for a girl. smiling smiley

Smokin'!!



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Re: how fast can a normal person run 100 meters?
Posted by: RgrF
Date: August 18, 2008 06:21AM
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rgG
When I ran track in junior high school my best time in the 100 YARD, not meters, dash was 12 seconds flat. Not bad for a girl. smiling smiley

Junior high itself went the way of the 100 yard dash.


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Re: how fast can a normal person run 100 meters?
Posted by: Spock
Date: August 18, 2008 07:01AM
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incognegro
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RgrF
Really depends on who or what's chasing them.

good point. cops, vicious dog or jealous ex- would get ya goin quicker!


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Re: how fast can a normal person run 100 meters?
Posted by: Dakota
Date: August 18, 2008 08:28AM
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Lux Interior
What's a "meter"?

smiling smiley

A metre.
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Re: how fast can a normal person run 100 meters?
Posted by: yeoman
Date: August 18, 2008 08:51AM
I can only half Fathom that.
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Re: how fast can a normal person run 100 meters?
Posted by: MikeF
Date: August 18, 2008 08:55AM
Don't you really mean about half a furlong?
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Re: how fast can a normal person run 100 meters?
Posted by: yeoman
Date: August 18, 2008 09:32AM
1 Metre = 2 Fathoms (approx)
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Re: how fast can a normal person run 100 meters?
Posted by: will2000
Date: August 18, 2008 09:56AM
Ah, ye scurvy bilge rats! A fathom is six feet or about 1.8 meters.
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Re: how fast can a normal person run 100 meters?
Posted by: yeoman
Date: August 18, 2008 10:04AM
Oops, I was right the first time but a little typo followed. Meant to say 2 Metres = 1 Fathom or there about. Close enough for a Mars landing.
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Re: how fast can a normal person run 100 meters?
Posted by: Ted King
Date: August 18, 2008 10:19AM
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rgG
When I ran track in junior high school my best time in the 100 YARD, not meters, dash was 12 seconds flat. Not bad for a girl. smiling smiley

When I was in high school they only did dashes in yards - like they did for you in Jr High. My senior year I routinely ran the 100 yard dash in 10.2 sec., but one time I was able to do it 10.0 sec. flat. There were a lot of guys who could run it faster, though.
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Re: how fast can a normal person run 100 meters?
Posted by: pdq
Date: August 18, 2008 10:21AM
Bonus question: How far is a league?
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Re: how fast can a normal person run 100 meters?
Posted by: yeoman
Date: August 18, 2008 10:41AM
Land or nautical league?

1 Land League = 4828.032 Metres
1 Nautical League = 5556 Metres
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Re: how fast can a normal person run 100 meters?
Posted by: Filliam H. Muffman
Date: August 18, 2008 11:39AM
I remember my best time in the 100 yard in high school was about 11.5 seconds. I was not the best pure sprinter but I was pretty fast. My best 1/4 mile time was 54.6 seconds. I would guess I could run 100 meters in about 19 seconds today without hurting myself too badly.


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Re: how fast can a normal person run 100 meters?
Posted by: JoeH
Date: August 18, 2008 11:42AM
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yeoman
Land or nautical league?

1 Land League = 4828.032 Metres
1 Nautical League = 5556 Metres

Which country's league as well?


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Re: how fast can a normal person run 100 meters?
Posted by: ztirffritz
Date: August 18, 2008 05:06PM
Slowly but surely we will move to metric....I can't wait.


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Re: how fast can a normal person run 100 meters?
Posted by: JoeH
Date: August 18, 2008 09:12PM
I was in my 20's when they started in the US. Now I am in my 50's. Given the stall in progress towards metrification here, I am beginning to wonder if it will finish during my lifetime.


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Re: how fast can a normal person run 100 meters?
Posted by: Lux Interior
Date: August 19, 2008 03:15AM
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ztirffritz
Slowly but surely we will move to metric....I can't wait.

About as fast as we move away from a two-party political system.
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Re: how fast can a normal person run 100 meters?
Posted by: RgrF
Date: August 19, 2008 05:57AM
Wouldn't we have to get back to a two party system before we could get away from it.
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