I borrowed the headline but Usain Bolt is insane. I know it’s not distance running but when you put his recent records in the 100 & 200 meters into a statistic we all know, it blows your mind!!!

Usain Bolt ran 100 meters in 9.58 seconds. That equals 23.35 mph.
He ran the 200 meters in 19.19 seconds. That equals 23.26 mph.

In comparison, the fastest 1/2 marathon was run by Samuel Kamau Wanjiru in 58:53, thats 13.33 mph.
Haile Gebrselassie’s marathon record is 2:03:59 for an 12.68 mph.

Next time you’re driving, go 23 mph and actually see how fast that is. To know that there’s a human being on the face of this earth that can run that fast, blows my mind!!! To think, I get excited when I bust my tail down a hill and reach 8 mph!!!

Tags: 100m record, 200m record, Haile Gerselassie, Insane Bolt, Samuel Wanjiru, Usain Bolt

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