The fastest a human has ever run is 27 miles per hour. How many miles per minute did the human run

27 miles per 1 hour

27 miles per 60 minutes

per 1 minute = 27/60 = 9/20 mile

(27 mi/hr) x (1 hr / 60 min) = (27/60) (mi/min) = 0.45 mile/minute

Using the same kind of calculation, we can see

that the world record times for other distances

correspond to:

200 meters 23.31 mph

400 meters 20.72 mph

800 meters 17.73 mph

1000 meters 16.95 mph

1500 meters 16.29 mph

1 mile (1,609 meters) 16.13 mph

2,000 meters 15.71 mph

10,000 meters 14.18 mph

30,000 meters 12.89 mph

Marathon (42,195 meters) 13.10 mph

Except for that one figure at the end, for the marathon,

which I can't explain yet and I'll need to investigate further,

it's pretty obvious that a human being, whether running for

his life or for a gold medal, can't keep up the pace indefinitely.