A man can run faster than a two-legged horse.
Owens reasoned that thoroughbred horses were generally high-strung, and if the person with the starting gun stood close to the horse, the thoroughbred would be startled, causing Owens to get a good head start. His strategy worked, and Owens won almost all of the time.
Wolves are quite good at it too.We humans are meant to be able to beat most species in endurance running.
Wolves are quite good at it too.
...and watch out for hazards when walking through the woods...A bear would be a nightmare, as it can swim, run, climb, fly a helicopter...
This is very true! When i was in year 6 i did cross country club at school. My father came to me after the competition and said my feet caught fire as i was running. He said i was running faster the speed of light and that's certainly faster than a horse.Right, this is a vague memory from childhood, I think I read it in an Eric Laithwaite book of science for kids, but there was a bit in it that said the idea horses can run faster than humans was not necessarily so, and went on to prove it with science.
It showed somehow that a man could run faster than a horse, but I'll be darned if I can recall how. If it is a really obvious and hackneyed bit of myth-undermining then I apologise, but does anyone know anything about this?
Did your father use special equipment to confirm that?This is very true! When i was in year 6 i did cross country club at school. My father came to me after the competition and said my feet caught fire as i was running. He said i was running faster the speed of light and that's certainly faster than a horse.
no but he's got very good eyesDid your father use special equipment to confirm that?
This is very true! When i was in year 6 i did cross country club at school. My father came to me after the competition and said my feet caught fire as i was running. He said i was running faster the speed of light and that's certainly faster than a horse.
He said i was running faster the speed of light and that's certainly faster than a horse.
Oh, is that why they win? I wondered if it might be nominative determinism.That's true. As we all know, horses generally only have three speeds; like a streak of lightning flashing across the sky, like the swiftest arrow whizzing from a bow, or like a mighty cannonball they seem to fly.
Also, check out that nominative determinism.Proof if proof were needed - a man can run faster than a horse:
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This seems to be a cross country thing, so long distance, but the principle is the same. It's a contest held since 1980.
Trail runner Ricky Lightfoot became only the third person to win the race since it started in 1980.
Also depends on the weight of the rider and breed of horse. Put me on a thoroughbred and we'll outrun anyone. Put Brian Blessed on a Shetland pony and I reckon anyone with two lower limbs that bend reasonably well would win.Hey wait a minute - no-one said anything about the horse having a rider. Is the man giving a piggy-back for 36 km?
BRIAN BLESSED??!! Sorry, have to shout that every time I hear/read his name.Also depends on the weight of the rider and breed of horse. Put me on a thoroughbred and we'll outrun anyone. Put Brian Blessed on a Shetland pony and I reckon anyone with two lower limbs that bend reasonably well would win.
God, we're going to miss him when he goes.BRIAN BLESSED??!! Sorry, have to shout that every time I hear/read his name.
Definitely.God, we're going to miss him when he goes.
Hey wait a minute - no-one said anything about the horse having a rider. Is the man giving a piggy-back for 36 km?
It'll be quiet certainly.God, we're going to miss him when he goes.
Can ouija boards shout?It'll be quiet certainly.
Is he still around? He's from another era...God, we're going to miss him when he goes.
They drag a carrot in front of the horse on the raceway, like a rabbit for greyhounds.If the horse didn't have a rider, how would it know where to go?
They drag a carrot in front of the horse on the raceway, like a rabbit for greyhounds.
The carrot is fastened to the, er, lower back or so of the man. When the horse starts galloping toward the carrot, the man then runs faster from sheer terror. It is quite a fair race, really.Does a horse drag the carrot, or a man running faster than a horse drag the carrot?