You're right Bob, no 10 meter sprints in the Olympics. Most of the big men have been timed at under 5.3 seconds for 40 yards. The smaller guys are .8 to .9 seconds faster over 40 yards... even wearing all that armor you complain about! :-)
Safe to say, you wouldn't ever want to try and outrun one. Regards, Bob S. On 9/24/06, mike wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bob Sullivan wrote: > > > Bob W, > > > > I know rugby is a tough game, but those big guys in US football are 6 > > feet 5 inches tall, 21+ stone, run like the wind, and can do a 36 inch > > vertical leap. The little guys may be 6 feet tall or less, weigh only > > 12 or 13 stone, but run faster and jump higher. They are Olympic > > track material. > > I didn't know there was now a 10metre sprint in the Olympics. Cleanup time! > > > > > One of our favorites here in Chicago was William "the refrigerator" > > Perry. He was only 6 feet 2 inches but could dunk a basketball at 23 > > stone, and he liked to play! > > > > Regards, Bob S. > > > > On 9/24/06, Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>>-----Original Message----- > >>>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > >>>Behalf Of David Savage > >>>Sent: 24 September 2006 04:06 > >>>To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >>>Subject: Re: OT: Woooo Hoooo > >>> > >>>Sorry Paul, if they have to wear armour, and only kick the ball a > >>>handful of times a game it ain't football. <vbg> > >>> > >>They don't have to wear armour. They wear it because they're a bunch > >>of quiche-nibbling, mewling pantywaists & girly-boys who are too > >>frightened to play a man's game. > >> > >>Cheers, > >>Big butch Bob > >> > >> > >> > >>-- > >>PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >>[email protected] > >>http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >> > > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
