What's interesting is that most of the 10 Hardest Things in Sports can be done by a recreational athlete at a much reduced level.
An average athlete can hit a baseball at say maybe 50 miles per hour, but certainly not 90-95 mph. An average athlete can drive a race car 90-100mph, but not 200 mph. An average athlete can ride a bicycle up a down some difficult hills, but could never do so at speeds and terrain found on the Tour de France. An average athlete can run a marathon in 4 1/2 to 5 hours, but certainly not at 2 hours 6 minutes. But consider pole vaulting. Not only are 15-16 foot heights unapproachable, it's hard to imagine even a recreational athlete getting a few feet over the bar with anything ressembling proper pole vault technique. -----Original Message----- From: Martin J. Dixon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2003 7:11 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: t-and-f: The Hardest Thing to do in Sports Number 1 is baseball related. What a surprise. Regards, Martin "Martin J. Dixon" wrote: > Roger Ruth will be happy about number 3. 2 out of 10(so far). Not bad. > Regards, > Martin > http://www.usatoday.com/sports/ten-hardest-splash.htm > Kurt Bray wrote: > > > According to USA Today, running a fast marathon is the 7th hardest thing in > > sports to accomplish, one place ahead of completing the Tour de France: > > > > http://www.usatoday.com/sports/2003-02-20-ten-hardest-marathon_x.htm > > > > They are counting down the top ten, one difficult thing each day, and today > > they are featuring the marathon. The piece has an interview Khannouchi. > > > > Kurt Bray > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* > > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail >
