Women Runners
You got an entertaining headline by considering what would happen “if the current trend continues.” By following the trend a bit further, you could have noticed the following fascinating facts about the women marathon runners:
-- By 2029 they will run as fast as men and women in the 1500-meter race.
-- By about the year 3000 they will run as fast as women (and much faster than men) in the 200-meter race.
About the year 7300, they will break the sound barrier at 344 meters/second.
In less than 5 billion years (about the present age of the Earth) they will hit the speed of light and we will have to apply relativity theory to race results.
D.R. GRINE
Del Mar
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