Letter: Marathon runners didn’t all run fast

Thursday, Dec. 14, 2006 | 7:21 a.m.

It's safe to say that our town suffered record traffic congestion Sunday as the fabulous New Las Vegas Marathon caused road closures for upward of 10 hours.

While stuck in traffic in my neighborhood on the Strip, I did a little math: The last athletes to finish the 26.2-mile race clocked in at over nine hours, for an average running speed of less than 3 mph. The average adult walks casually (not briskly) at a speed of 4 mph.

Now, I've never tried this, but I'm pretty sure if I walked backward I would be moving faster than 3 mph. What's the holdup?

Dan West, Las Vegas

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