tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35753363827093882152024-02-20T12:04:14.857-08:00How Far Exactly?A misinformed way of looking at the OlympicsRicohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10810704983654583416noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575336382709388215.post-81446803085307802482020-01-05T14:58:00.000-08:002020-01-05T14:59:04.835-08:00Was that only four years?Well. That hasn't gone well for us has it?<br />
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It's a new Olympic year and everything is going tits up. Australia is burning. The US has totally NOT declared war on Iran and we're 5 days into the new year without me having either a girlfriend or a unicorn.<br />
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I can't fix any of that. I can however count up all the metres that the athletes at this year's olympics complete.<br />
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So once again we ask "How Far Exactly?"Ricohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10810704983654583416noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575336382709388215.post-65528047997359899392016-08-22T08:54:00.002-07:002016-08-22T15:36:35.362-07:00Day 16 - The number(s) are up.<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">August 22nd.</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's all over, everything* has been added up to give us our totals. It's been a pleasure.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18.48px;">Day 16 gave us the astonishing amount of 5,907,300m thanks to the 140 men finishing the Marathon. They were our only numbers today but it means it's quite simple to finally add this all up.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Quick reminder of the rules.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Human power only.</span></h4>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; line-height: 18.48px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">No bikes, horses or boats, no projectiles or ball games. If you run or swim or jump or throw something then we count it and add it all up.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you don't finish you don't count. </span></h4>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; line-height: 18.48px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you pull up 20 miles into the marathon then you'll have to live with me knowing you're a far finer specimen of human endurance than I will ever be. I won't be counting you though. This is more to do with my wish for discrete measurements than any disrespect for your achievement.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; line-height: 18.48px;">You may wish to be reminded of this too:</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; line-height: 18.48px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Most Productive Day</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; line-height: 18.48px;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Was actually Day 16, today's 5,907,300 is the single largest contribution we've had in one day. Amazing to think it was all thanks to one event.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; line-height: 18.48px;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i>First to Last</i></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; line-height: 18.48px;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The very first distance we measured was Christoph Martin Meier's 400m from the Men's Individual Medley Heat 1 where he finished first.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; line-height: 18.48px;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The last we counted was Methkal Abu Drais' 42,195m from his last place finish in the Men's Marathon.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; line-height: 18.48px;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i>Smallest to Biggest</i></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; line-height: 18.48px;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The smallest distance of all the games was the 1.56m recorded in the Women's Heptathlon High Jump. This is shared between Evelis Aguilar and Sofia Yfantidou.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; line-height: 18.48px;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The largest distance comes from any of the 49 who completed the Men's 50k race walk but we're going to go with Matej Toth as he was the first across the line.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; line-height: 18.48px;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i>Jumping Up</i></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.48px;">Athletes jumped upwards a total of 2,453.71m during these games. That's enough to cover 560 Routemaster buses placed on top of each other with a little to spare.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.48px;"><i>Jumping Along</i></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Altogether our competitors managed to horizontally jump 6,228.45m which would clear 556 Routemasters. (Which like <a href="http://howfarexactly.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/day-17-numbers-are-up.html" target="_blank">last time out</a> is weirdly close to the number of buses the vertical jumpers managed).</span><br />
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In total the Women and Men of this Olympiad threw various things 59,630m, that's 5,324 of those fucking buses nose to nose.</span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Having a Paddle</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In total 1,081,550m was swam at these games, that's equivalent to 21,631 laps of the pool.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Anthony Irvin won the 50m Freestyle Gold in a time of 21.4s for one of those laps. If he could keep that time up all the way necessary it would take him <b>5 days, 8 hours, 35 minutes and 3 seconds</b> to cover that distance.</span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Run it off</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Runners covered 20,564,845m in Rio, that's like 51,412.1125 laps of the track. The Jamaican Mens 4 x 100m Relay team covered that in 37.27 secs. If they could maintain that pace all the way it would still take them <b>3 weeks, 1 day, 4 hours, 15 minutes and 29 seconds</b> to finish.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Head to Head</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Swimming - Rio beats London by 21,650m</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Running - Rio beats London by 4,212,855m</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Jumping - Rio beats London by 960.54m</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Throwing - London gets a consolation goal by beating Rio by 3,626.09m</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Final Score: Rio wins by 4,231,839.45m. I think we can call that a thrashing.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">How Far Exactly?</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So then, the big question. Having trivialised the dedication of hundreds of athletes over years of their lives to reduce them to a mere number we finally come to the final totals:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Swimming: 1,081,550m</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Running: 20,564,845m</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Jumping: 8,682.16m</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Throwing: 59,630.59m</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Total: 21,714,707.75m</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If that's hard to imagine as metres then it works out to <b>13,492.89 miles</b> which is comfortably over a quarter of the circumference of the planet we live on!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Right, that's it. We're done. I'll see you all in 4 years for Tokyo 2020 where hopefully my laptop won't break, my girlfriend won't cheat on me and the time-zone should work to my advantage. Until then, be good.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">*For a given value of everything.</span>Ricohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10810704983654583416noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575336382709388215.post-26352911472369298092016-08-22T06:18:00.001-07:002016-08-22T06:18:28.256-07:00Day 15<b>August 21st.</b><br />
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Day 15 gave us 79,200m of swimming, 714,500m of running, 63m of jumping and 3,347.67m of throwing. That gives us:<br />
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<b>Totals:</b><br />
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Swimming: 1,081,550m<br />
Running: 14,657,545m<br />
Jumping: 8,682.16m<br />
Throwing: 59,630.59m<br />
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Total: 15,807,407.75m<br />
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<a href="https://twitter.com/HowFarExactly" target="_blank">@howfarexactly</a>Ricohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10810704983654583416noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575336382709388215.post-92015294758173165702016-08-22T06:13:00.002-07:002016-08-22T06:13:47.616-07:00Day 14<b>August 20th.</b><br />
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Day 14 gave us 7,200m of swimming, 3,955,000m of running, 152.2m of jumping and 3593.79m of throwing. That gives us:<br />
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<b>Totals:</b><br />
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Swimming: 1,002,350m<br />
Runnning: 13,943,045m<br />
Jumping: 8,619.16m<br />
Throwing: 56,282.92m<br />
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Total: 15,010,297.08m<br />
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<a href="https://twitter.com/HowFarExactly" target="_blank">@howfarexactly</a>Ricohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10810704983654583416noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575336382709388215.post-3199772407118072932016-08-22T06:08:00.003-07:002016-08-22T06:09:14.611-07:00Day 13<b>August 19th.</b><br />
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Today we got 75,000m of swimming, 1,120,250m of running, 623.04m of jumping and 11,050.84m of throwing. That gives us:<br />
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<b>Totals:</b><br />
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Swimming: 995,150m<br />
Running: 9,988,045m<br />
Jumping: 8,466.96m<br />
Throwing: 52,689.13m<br />
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Total: 11,044,351.09<br />
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<a href="https://twitter.com/HowFarExactly" target="_blank">@howfarexactly</a>Ricohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10810704983654583416noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575336382709388215.post-72222141515535289302016-08-18T15:51:00.000-07:002016-08-18T16:13:47.861-07:00Day 12 - Just the Numbers Again.<b>August 18th.</b><br />
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Today (well yesterday really, damn time zones), the athletes at Rio 2016 ran 356,500m, they jumped 962.68m and threw differently shaped objects 12,119.13m. If we add these numbers to what they've already achieved then we get:<br />
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<b>Totals:</b><br />
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Swimming: 920,150m<br />
Running: 8,867,795m<br />
Jumping: 7,843.92m<br />
Throwing: 41,638.29m<br />
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Total: 9,837,427.21m<br />
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<a href="https://twitter.com/HowFarExactly" target="_blank">@howfarexactly</a>Ricohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10810704983654583416noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575336382709388215.post-63376655004387360402016-08-17T13:28:00.000-07:002016-08-17T15:48:25.441-07:00Day 11 - Just the Facts.<b>August 17th.</b><br />
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Due to continuing technical issues we just have the numbers again today. This should definitely be sorted out tomorrow.<br />
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On Day 11 people swam 230,000m, they ran 284,700m, they jumped 1,542.27m and threw various objects 6,185.94m.<br />
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<b>Totals:</b><br />
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Swimming: 920,150m<br />
Running: 8,511,295m<br />
Jumping: 6,881.24m<br />
Throwing: 29,519.16m<br />
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Total: 9,467,845.40m<br />
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Back tomorrow.<br />
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<a href="https://twitter.com/HowFarExactly" target="_blank">@howfarexactly</a>Ricohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10810704983654583416noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575336382709388215.post-26086145381961741332016-08-16T15:25:00.004-07:002016-08-16T15:25:59.652-07:00Day 10 - Technical Difficulties, Please Stand By.<b>August 16th.</b><br />
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In what is turning into a <a href="http://howfarexactly.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/day-7-technical-difficulties-please.html" target="_blank">tradition</a> we have had laptop problems today so apologies for the truncated post. Today we got 250,000m of swimming, 245,560m of running, 1,428.58m of jumping and 5,592.36m of throwing shit around. That gives us:<br />
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<b>Totals:</b><br />
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Swimming: 690,150m<br />
Running: 8,226,595m<br />
Jumping: 5,338.97m<br />
Throwing: 23,333.22m<br />
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Total: 8,945,417.19m<br />
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Normal service resumed tomorrow, promise.<br />
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<a href="https://twitter.com/HowFarExactly" target="_blank">@howfarexactly</a>Ricohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10810704983654583416noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575336382709388215.post-56531523718007756952016-08-15T16:18:00.000-07:002016-08-15T16:18:36.330-07:00Day 9 - Really?<b>August 15th.</b><br />
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So swimming has left us for the time being but we still end the day on massive numbers thanks to the Women's marathon and the 133 ladies who finished the 42,195m course. Thank god god for them however as otherwise we'd have very little for day 9. Two bits of jumping and 5 other running events does not a great day make, even if 100 of those metres was the <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/2016/8/15/12480202/usain-bolt-rio-olympics-2016-100-sprint-celebration-smile" target="_blank">greatest show on earth</a>.<br />
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<b>Totals:</b><br />
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Swimming: 440,150m<br />
Running: 7,981,035m<br />
Jumping: 3,910.39m<br />
Throwing: 17,740.86m<br />
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Total: 8,442,836.25m<br />
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That gives Rio a lead over London of 915,887.24m which I now am going to have to find some reason for. #ThanksObama.<br />
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<a href="https://twitter.com/HowFarExactly" target="_blank">@howfarxactly</a>Ricohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10810704983654583416noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575336382709388215.post-45810537004572066902016-08-14T15:07:00.000-07:002016-08-14T15:07:18.576-07:00Day 8 - Farewell Michael<b>August 14th.</b><div>
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And just like that the pool swimming is over. They gave us a final 18,400m to remember them by but our summer of fun is over. We'll still see some swimming from the Triathlon and the open-water stuff but our days of indoor fun are over. Let's just remember one last time how ridiculous <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/2016/8/14/12471886/it-would-be-impossible-for-michael-phelps-to-keep-swimming-but-michael-phelps-is-impossible" target="_blank">Michael Phelps</a> is.</div>
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Day 8 also gave us 532,600m of running, 5,806.83m of throwing and 2,253.12m of jumping as the Track and Field programme keeps going. This gives us the following:</div>
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<b>Totals:</b></div>
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Swimming: 440,150m</div>
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Running: 2,284,900m</div>
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Jumping: 2,999.27m</div>
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Throwing: 17,740.86m</div>
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Total: 2,745,790.13m</div>
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This has more than halved Rio's lead at this stage over London to 559,059.95m. That is still a big deficit though, I'd kind of been hoping that the lack of Russian athletes would have led to London coming up trumps but it's not looking great.</div>
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<b>Hero of the day:</b></div>
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I've <a href="http://howfarexactly.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/day-15-no-clever-title.html" target="_blank">gone on before</a> about how good the BBC coverage of the Olympics is and it is again exemplary. The absolute star of it has been <a href="https://twitter.com/clarebalding" target="_blank">Clare Balding</a>, every time I turn on the TV she's there discussing another niche sport with aplomb and insight. It's almost like she's done some research beforehand to be able to ask relevant questions of the guest athlete who is there as the "expert." </div>
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The look of pleasant surprise on the faces of these people as they recognise that they can actually discuss the sport they love rather than give soundbites to an idiot is a joy, for that, Clare is today's hero.</div>
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Ricohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10810704983654583416noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575336382709388215.post-45011732863158049742016-08-13T13:07:00.001-07:002016-08-13T13:07:28.313-07:00Day 7 - Let's Get This Party Started<b>August 13th.</b><br />
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And just like that, the start of the Track and Field events cause the numbers to explode. As this is the first time we've got some non-swimming numbers to count it's probably worth a recap of the rules:<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Human power only.</span></h4>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">No bikes, horses or boats, no projectiles or ball games. If you run or swim or jump or throw something then we count it and add it all up.</span></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you don't finish you don't count. </span></h4>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you pull up 20 miles into the marathon then you'll have to live with me knowing you're a far finer specimen of human endurance than I will ever be. I won't be counting you though. This is more to do with my wish for discrete measurements than any disrespect for your achievement.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well that was simple.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So Friday at the games gave us a bit of everything including an amazing set of numbers thanks to the Men's 20k race walk; over a million metres from that event alone.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">We also have our first jumping and throwing figures so we can finally stop posting 0m now. For the record, EVERY jump and throw that is legal counts. If you take your 3 leaps during qualifying for the Long Jump they all count, every successful clearance of the bar in the High Jump counts. Every metre a Hammer flies if you stayed behind the line counts. As we say at the top, if they swim it run it jump it or throw it, we count it.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">All told Day 7 gave us 93,900m of swimming, 1,752,300m of running (although technically a <i>lot </i>of that was walking), 746.15m of jumping and 11,934.03m of throwing. This leaves us with our totals.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"><b>Totals:</b></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">Swimming: 421,750m</span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">Running: 1,752,300m</span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">Jumping: 746.15m</span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">Throwing: 11,934.03m</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">Total: 2,186,730.18m</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">At the <a href="http://howfarexactly.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/day-8-be-careful-what-you-wish-for.html" target="_blank">equivalent stage</a> of London 2012 we were at </span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">844,284.92m so Rio is sitting on a lead of 1,342,445.26m which you have to say is significant. A big part of that (1,260,000m to be exact), is due to the 20k race walk appearing earlier this year but even accounting for that there's a deficit of 82,445.26m to be explained. I think we have to concede that Rio has a commanding lead at this point.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Hero of the day:</b></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On the first day of really big numbers the 2 heroes today are coming from the opposite end of the spectrum. Today we honour <a href="https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/colombia/evelis-aguilar-260224" target="_blank">Evelis Aguilar</a> and <a href="https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/greece/sofia-yfantidou-202021" target="_blank">Sofia Yfantidou</a> who both jumped 1.56m in the Women's Heptathlon High Jump. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To be clear, they both jumped higher than that in subsequent rounds and will contribute a lot more to our final total by the end of their competition. If 2012 is any <a href="http://howfarexactly.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/day-17-numbers-are-up.html" target="_blank">guide</a> though, these will be the smallest measures we have at these games. Even then, go grab a tape-measure and mark that distance out. Then imagine jumping <i>over</i> it. They've done that and more but by giving us this towards the total they remind us that every metre counts.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Back tomorrow with the numbers from Super Saturday, see you then.</span></span><br />
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I have complained so far this year about only having swimming to measure. Listening to todays events that finally include the other categories and realising how much more work I'll have to do tomorrow gave me deja-vu. It's almost like I could have been <a href="http://howfarexactly.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/day-8-be-careful-what-you-wish-for.html" target="_blank">forewarned</a>.<br />
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My quadrennial idiocy aside, day 6 gave us 46,950m from the pool to give us 327,850m in total. That leaves Rio 8,850m ahead of London at this stage.<br />
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<b>Totals:</b><br />
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Swimming: 327,850m<br />
Running: 0m<br />
Jumping: 0m<br />
Throwing: 0m<br />
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Total: 327,850m<br />
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<b>Hero of the day:</b><br />
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That would be <a href="https://twitter.com/simone_manuel" target="_blank">Simone Manuel</a>, I'll let <a href="http://www.outsports.com/2016/8/12/12454520/simone-manuel-black-swimmer-olympics?_ga=1.118707017.1717340741.1467104474" target="_blank">someone far more qualified than me explain why.</a><br />
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See you all tomorrow for the start of the non-pool related action. It's going to be awesome!<br />
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R<br />
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<br />Ricohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10810704983654583416noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575336382709388215.post-90213336720532621062016-08-11T15:02:00.000-07:002016-08-11T15:02:10.658-07:00Day 5 - A Silent Guardian...a Watchful Protector...a Dark Knight.<b>August 11th</b><br />
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At the pool once again where the problem of <a href="http://www.wired.com/2016/08/green-olympic-pool/" target="_blank">strange coloured water</a> doesn't seem to be going away but more superhuman effort has seen 59,600m added to our total.<br />
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Only one more day of a swimming only programme for us and then we finally get some throwing and jumping and running to go with all this swimming, It's so close I can smell it.<br />
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<b>Totals:</b><br />
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Swimming: 280,900m<br />
Running: 0m<br />
Jumping: 0m<br />
Throwing: 0m<br />
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Total: 280,900m<br />
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<b>Hero of the day:</b><br />
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oL7PSlUuWPs" target="_blank">Play for effect.</a><br />
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Whoever the wonderful person working for the <a href="https://twitter.com/guardian_sport" target="_blank">Guardian Sports</a> department was that made the decision to change the formatting of their <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/sport/ng-interactive/2016/aug/05/rio-olympics-2016-full-events-schedule" target="_blank">results page</a>. You're both the hero I deserve and the one I needed right now and I will very happily buy you a pint for the time you've saved me.<br />
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See you tomorrow.<br />
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R<br />
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<a href="https://twitter.com/HowFarExactly" target="_blank">@howfarexactly</a>Ricohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10810704983654583416noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575336382709388215.post-5684693562525561312016-08-10T15:16:00.001-07:002016-08-10T15:23:48.157-07:00Day 4 - He is the Champion My Friend<b>August 10th.</b><br />
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04854XqcfCY" target="_blank">Play this for full effect.</a><br />
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I'm re-naming him, it has to be done. "Michael Phelps" no longer works, it's now "Michael FUCKING Phelps". He has competed at 5 different Olympiads, he has medalled (ugh) at all but his first. He knows exactly how awesome<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ARrdjZzDDs" target="_blank"> Katie Ledecky</a> is.<br />
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He works so hard that <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zw8iljkD1So" target="_blank">this</a> is his daily diet, he probably has a bigger carbon footprint than you just through what he eats compared to what you drive. Having already owned the record for most medals at the modern games he has apparently tied a <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/2016/8/9/12419516/michael-phelps-gold-medal-record-leonidas-of-rhodes" target="_blank">2,168 year old record</a> with a chance of breaking it. He is what we should all aspire to be. Thank you Michael.<br />
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Anyway, totals for today are 50,300m worth of swimming. This gives us a total of 221,300m which gives Rio a lead over London of 16,100. I have to admit that I'm starting to get nervous over this. Hopefully the Russian ban effect will kick in soon.<br />
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<b>Totals:</b><br />
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Swimming: 221,300m<br />
Running: 0m<br />
Jumping: 0m<br />
Throwing: 0m<br />
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Total: 221,300m<br />
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<b>Hero of the day: </b><br />
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<a href="http://www.topendsports.com/athletes/swimming/phelps-michael.htm" target="_blank">MICHAEL</a> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/08/sports/olympics/michael-phelps-swimming-rio-2016-relishes-new-reality.html" target="_blank">FUCKING</a> <a href="http://www.biography.com/people/michael-phelps-345192" target="_blank">PHELPS</a><br />
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I can't add to that.<br />
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See you tomorrow.<br />
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R<br />
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<br />Ricohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10810704983654583416noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575336382709388215.post-43280310403345977952016-08-09T13:10:00.002-07:002016-08-09T13:10:45.876-07:00Day 3 - Just Keep Swimming<b>August 9th.</b><br />
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One thing that you gain a real appreciation for by doing this is just how much sport goes on at a games. Sadly you also realise how little of it we measure here.<br />
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We've had amazing athletes from all over the world cycling and rowing and shooting and fighting and <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/aug/08/usain-bolt-rio-2016-olympics-drug-cheats" target="_blank">dancing</a> and doing incredible things in the gymnastics arena and I'm stuck with nothing but swimming still.<br />
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Thankfully we're now almost halfway towards day 7 when we get something else to measure so stick with me, it gets more interesting from there on out.<br />
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Today's swimming schedule brought us an additional 35,600m to bring us to 171,000m so far, leaving Rio 8,400m ahead of London at this stage.<br />
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<b>Totals:</b><br />
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Swimming: 171,000m<br />
Running: 0m<br />
Jumping: 0m<br />
Throwing: 0m<br />
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Total: 171,000m<br />
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<b>Hero of the day:</b><br />
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Each and every one of the competitors in the Archery, a sport simultaneously relaxing and gripping to watch. I'm just sorry we don't count it.<br />
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We'll be back tomorrow with more damn swimming.<br />
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R<br />
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<a href="https://twitter.com/HowFarExactly" target="_blank">@howfarexactly</a>Ricohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10810704983654583416noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575336382709388215.post-11737337536304560452016-08-08T11:57:00.000-07:002016-08-08T11:57:29.339-07:00Day 2 - Gold Medal Grandma<b>August 8th.</b><br />
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Still stuck with our only action coming from the pool but we did get the pleasure of Michael Phelps winning his 89th Olympic medal And Katie Ledecky showing she's <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/2016/8/8/12400462/2016-olympics-results-video-katie-ledecky-400m-freestyle-record" target="_blank">probably the single most dominant athlete in the world right now</a>.<br />
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All told, 55,900 metres was added to our total bringing us to 135,400m for this games giving Rio a lead over London of 7,600m so far.<br />
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<b>Totals:</b><br />
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Swimming: 135,400m<br />
Running: 0m<br />
Jumping: 0m<br />
Throwing: 0m<br />
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Total: 135,400m<br />
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<b>Hero of the day:</b><br />
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Britain's <a href="https://twitter.com/adam_peaty" target="_blank">Adam Peaty</a> broke his own world record to record the country's first Mens Swimming Gold since Seoul 1988, proper hero stuff. The real hero though is not Adam but his number 1 fan, his Grandma <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/aug/08/rio-2016-adam-peatys-grandmother-olympicnan-celebrates-win-on-twitter" target="_blank">Mrs. Mavis Williams</a>. Congratulations Mrs. Williams, we could all do with someone like you in our corner.<br />
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See you all tomorrow.<br />
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R<br />
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<a href="https://twitter.com/HowFarExactly" target="_blank">@howfarexactly</a>Ricohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10810704983654583416noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575336382709388215.post-25020095411698420912016-08-07T14:19:00.002-07:002016-08-08T11:30:31.642-07:00Day 1 - Time differences and date lines.<b>August 7th</b><br />
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Though to be clear, we're dealing with the numbers from yesterday, the 6th, the first day of real competition at this Olympiad, (sorry Soccer, there's nothing I can measure from you).<br />
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Going forward, if you're reading this from the same time zone as me then we'll update every morning with the previous days numbers. That was the plan for today but then it was sunny and cider happened.<br />
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Like <a href="http://howfarexactly.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/day-2-late-nights-and-early-finishes.html" target="_blank">last time</a> out we start with swimming and the first day of competition has given us an incredible 79,500m. Then I was astonished at how much was covered on the first day; this time I was prepared. 79.5km is slightly more than <a href="http://www.thanhniennews.com/society/french-man-swims-mekong-to-highlight-pollution-25589.html" target="_blank">this guy</a> swam to protest against pollution. I'm guessing he had a worse time of it though.<br />
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This gives Brazil a lead over London of 9,300m for the first day of competition. What this means I have no idea, but I guess we'll find out when I'm more sober.<br />
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<b>Totals:</b><br />
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Swimming: 79,500m<br />
Running: 0m<br />
Jumping: 0m<br />
Throwing: 0m<br />
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Total: 79,500m<br />
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<b>Hero of the day:</b><br />
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Of course it's <a href="https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/christoph-martin-meier" target="_blank">Christoph Martin Meier</a>, he has given us our first measurements though sadly appears to have almost no online presence that I can link to. (Hopefully he'll accept my friend request though).<br />
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See you all tomorrow.<br />
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R<br />
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EDIT: Update, he acccpeted my friend request. You are a gent and a scholar Christoph.<br />
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<br />Ricohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10810704983654583416noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575336382709388215.post-48390097001313267222016-08-06T14:19:00.000-07:002016-08-06T14:19:08.495-07:00Day Zero-ish: Directors cut.<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>August 6th</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Well it turns out that I can't really comprehend time-zone differences. I had been hoping to bring you the numbers from today but it turns out the swimming isn't finishing until about 3 in the morning. I care about this but not <i>that</i> much.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: helvetica neue, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">I can confirm that we have some metres thanks to the swimmers but they haven't finished yet. Nonetheless, tomorrow's hero of the day is likely to be <a href="https://www.google.co.uk/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=Christoph+Martin+Meier&mie=oly%2C%5B%22%2Fg%2F11c0vkh6l7%22%2C2%2C%22o%22%2C1%2Cnull%2Cnull%2Cnull%2Cnull%2Cnull%2Cnull%2Cnull%2Cnull%2Cnull%2Cnull%2Cnull%2Cnull%2Cnull%2Cnull%2Cnull%2C0%5D" target="_blank">Christoph Martin Meier</a>, a 23 year old swimmer from Liechtenstein of all places. Not only has he given us the first metres to count this year but thanks to him I've learned how to spell Liechtenstein.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: helvetica neue, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">I'll be back tomorrow morning (GMT) with the whole lowdown on day one.</span>Ricohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10810704983654583416noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575336382709388215.post-4055667740571165762016-08-05T15:52:00.000-07:002016-08-06T14:01:51.488-07:00Day Zero.<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>August 5th</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Hello again fans of arbitrarily chosen numbers; let's do this.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">At some point this evening (from my <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Summer_Time" target="_blank">British Summer Time</a> perspective), the Olympics opening ceremony will be staged. I'm guessing Samba dancing will feature at some point though hopefully, I'll be asleep at that point as we are only here to add everything up and the time difference could be a pain.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Anyway, let's get onto...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><b>The Rules:</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18.48px;">No bikes, horses or boats, no projectiles or ball games. If you run or swim or jump or throw something then we count it and add it all up.</span><br style="line-height: 18.48px;" /><span style="line-height: 18.48px;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">If you don't finish you don't count. </span></h4>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18.48px;">If you pull up 20 miles into the marathon then you'll have to live with me knowing you're a far finer specimen of human endurance than I will ever be. I won't be counting you though. This is more to do with my wish for discrete measurements than any disrespect for your achievement.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18.48px;">So there we go, let's (s</span><span style="line-height: 18.48px;">tarting with some swimming tomorrow) </span><span style="line-height: 18.48px;">find out how far exactly.</span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; line-height: 18.48px;"> </span></div>
<br />Ricohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10810704983654583416noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575336382709388215.post-31077766622466311922012-08-12T10:46:00.001-07:002012-08-12T17:29:08.262-07:00Day 17 - The Number's (are) up.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>August 12th</b><br />
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And just like that we're done. All the figures are in and we can answer the question.<br />
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How far exactly?<br />
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Before we get there though I'd like to take a moment to make...<br />
<br />
<br />
<b>An Apology.</b><br />
<br />
In the original posting of <a href="http://howfarexactly.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/day-15-no-clever-title.html" target="_blank">Day 15</a> I mixed up <a href="http://www.twitter.com/Rachael_Hodges" target="_blank">Rachael Hodges</a> of the BBC and <a href="http://www.twitter.com/rachelburden" target="_blank">Rachel Burden</a> of the BBC. I could offer a reason for this (I'm guessing an auto-complete issue) but not an excuse. It was my responsibility to check my work before clicking publish and I didn't do this thoroughly enough.<br />
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This then is a heartfelt and genuine apology to Rachael and Rachel, both of whom I think are great at their jobs.<br />
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I'm sorry for any distress or upset and I regret my error.<br />
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I'd also like to thank <a href="http://www.twitter.com/nickyaacampbell" target="_blank">Nicky Campbell</a> and <a href="http://www.twitter.com/georgeyboy" target="_blank">George Riley</a> both also of the BBC for pointing out my mistake to me so that I could correct it.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">He's right you know, it WAS Rachel Burden.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">He's right too, Rachael Hodges is someone else entirely.<br />
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I'd also like to apologise to Mr. Campbell.<br />
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During my <a href="http://howfarexactly.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/day-15-no-clever-title.html" target="_blank">comments</a> on his coverage of these games I failed to mention that he had basically the exact same gig at Euro 2012 as well.<br />
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He performed just as "<i>admirably</i>" there and I did not reflect this. I hope this concludes the issue.<br />
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<h3>
Numbers</h3>
<br />
These are the last ones mind; this is all the counting done. I'm not looking at another spreadsheet for at least a week.<br />
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Quick rule recap: swimming, running, jumping and throwing only. If you don't finish you don't count (sorry).
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<br />
First up are today's figures:<br />
<br />
Swimming: 7,200m<br />
Running: 3,691,575m<br />
Jumping: 0m<br />
Throwing: 0m<br />
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Today's Total: 3,698,775m<br />
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Which added to what we had gives us...<br />
<br />
<b><br /></b>
<b>What we did this Summer</b><br />
<br />
<br />
<i>Most productive day</i><br />
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The busiest single day of the games was August 5th when thanks mainly to the 107 Women finishing the Marathon <b>4,628,099.92m</b> was covered.<br />
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<i>First to last, smallest to biggest.</i><br />
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The very first metres we counted were given us by <a href="http://www.london2012.com/athlete/ally-bradley-1049634/" target="_blank">Bradley Ally</a>, winner of the first heat in the Men's 400m Swimming Individual Medley.<br />
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The very last came from <a href="http://www.london2012.com/athlete/kurosu-narumi-1020809/" target="_blank">Narumi Kurosu</a> in the Women's Modern Pentathlon Combined Event.<br />
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The Smallest measure counted was <b>1.56m</b> jointly recorded by <a href="http://www.london2012.com/athlete/mcmillan-chantae-1289866/" target="_blank">Chantae McMillan,</a> <a href="http://www.london2012.com/athlete/ifadidou-sofia-1101921/" target="_blank">Sofia Ifadidou </a> and <a href="http://www.london2012.com/athlete/hazel-louise-1094201/" target="_blank">Louise Hazel</a> in the Women's Heptathlon High Jump.<br />
<br />
The greatest distance comes from any of the finishers in the Men's <b>50km</b> Race Walk but I'm going to pick out <a href="http://www.london2012.com/athlete/tallent-jared-1090304/" target="_blank">Jared Tallent</a> as it was his finish that got our cumulative total through 10 million metres.<br />
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<br />
<i>Jumping up and jumping along.</i><br />
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In the vertical jumping events <b>2,290.06m</b> was cleared in total which is enough to clear <b>464</b> new London Route-master buses placed on top of each other.<br />
<br />
<i>Or</i><br />
<br />
We could take The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burj_Khalifa" target="_blank">Burj Khalifa</a><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_4soH6EBo0OPOkEBmYJxCNhfLSVXnXk9g66-RWykyE5K-xbEgLF1hdQTZHsV3pCcMAIW_PvC2RHeJzO6onxdL9kH4S44PG2WiwdaYgXmXuHUOyTdIGdubbgfdT42b0DZtsLP6Ldv_Gvw/s1600/Burj.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_4soH6EBo0OPOkEBmYJxCNhfLSVXnXk9g66-RWykyE5K-xbEgLF1hdQTZHsV3pCcMAIW_PvC2RHeJzO6onxdL9kH4S44PG2WiwdaYgXmXuHUOyTdIGdubbgfdT42b0DZtsLP6Ldv_Gvw/s320/Burj.jpg" width="213" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">828m</td></tr>
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Bolt <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taipei_101" target="_blank">Taipei 101</a> to the top of it<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmW7er88nzmkESr_358tpwdKlqoFI-fXy2Sg5Y9oEJNeiOgVMKtvKPp6F38t69Q53KpEMWPUS1l48cbgJuCG8aFMTMVEeMYnKk2K8O5kXAgGqWpwrw1j0z05YPnJIQKexMBK0TBcvdNOY/s1600/Taipei101.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmW7er88nzmkESr_358tpwdKlqoFI-fXy2Sg5Y9oEJNeiOgVMKtvKPp6F38t69Q53KpEMWPUS1l48cbgJuCG8aFMTMVEeMYnKk2K8O5kXAgGqWpwrw1j0z05YPnJIQKexMBK0TBcvdNOY/s320/Taipei101.jpg" width="159" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">509m</td></tr>
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Plonk the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eiffel_Tower" target="_blank">Eiffel Tower</a> on there<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB6KXhyphenhyphen6WJPghoBO78vKZWtXubxRCZwTL-zPYmIpo1wf-c4Ez36jmpEtHCsAsEudKSRyYGWFqQvsxNgDsc6USTioA6M8u74em5kxW_29Uso4AE1NQCTykvQQrRVTu-qAhm6C6UAH7ooBo/s1600/Eiffel.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB6KXhyphenhyphen6WJPghoBO78vKZWtXubxRCZwTL-zPYmIpo1wf-c4Ez36jmpEtHCsAsEudKSRyYGWFqQvsxNgDsc6USTioA6M8u74em5kxW_29Uso4AE1NQCTykvQQrRVTu-qAhm6C6UAH7ooBo/s320/Eiffel.jpg" width="172" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">324m</td></tr>
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<br />
Glue <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shard" target="_blank">The Shard</a> to all of this<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU6o0qDRwwWc0gaGEkaDjgL6io32hzkzyULh41SPUsaJnCUOB_CHznceBDLKLkKtMm_P3JttuTKDQNAdAU4AaXt1TlNFjQWAWRpDUcOdi-IrXfZrFnoT65IRSMRAGkFwvGK0d67sfecpE/s1600/Shard.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU6o0qDRwwWc0gaGEkaDjgL6io32hzkzyULh41SPUsaJnCUOB_CHznceBDLKLkKtMm_P3JttuTKDQNAdAU4AaXt1TlNFjQWAWRpDUcOdi-IrXfZrFnoT65IRSMRAGkFwvGK0d67sfecpE/s1600/Shard.JPG" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">310m</td></tr>
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Add <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/30_St_Mary_Axe" target="_blank">The Gherkin</a> to keep it company<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjmc0n6Hm_bjBFZ5Yf17tr-RXRskmUifxmZVeM9su8D2leNBx6zJUGAsiqJyjUotyzaMXziqYqMvD7pFFGBNbTApmmyZGPTfDbKdq3_KPJH7qlA8drq_HxzFN9QXJCzRGyZ3IzbzauDaw/s1600/Gherkin.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjmc0n6Hm_bjBFZ5Yf17tr-RXRskmUifxmZVeM9su8D2leNBx6zJUGAsiqJyjUotyzaMXziqYqMvD7pFFGBNbTApmmyZGPTfDbKdq3_KPJH7qlA8drq_HxzFN9QXJCzRGyZ3IzbzauDaw/s320/Gherkin.jpg" width="165" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">180m</td></tr>
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Weld <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Motherland_Calls" target="_blank">Rodina-Mat' zovyot!</a> <i style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;"> </i>atop that<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilG-SCSL8Y3XrvBjlA2_KjRPwPgeGSxSBeoyKMGT2ElznFUXEZShvUdwzJdcxxqGmV18PBNOh6m6iAJlqC-XzVkojHuiQFN_8e3Q0sCTTcf0cVHLtd1FMu0-dOLXY0eq1OHrCkzd_peNU/s1600/Rodina+Mat.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilG-SCSL8Y3XrvBjlA2_KjRPwPgeGSxSBeoyKMGT2ElznFUXEZShvUdwzJdcxxqGmV18PBNOh6m6iAJlqC-XzVkojHuiQFN_8e3Q0sCTTcf0cVHLtd1FMu0-dOLXY0eq1OHrCkzd_peNU/s320/Rodina+Mat.jpg" width="146" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">85m</td></tr>
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And give her <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson%27s_Column" target="_blank">Nelson's Column</a> on the tip of her sword<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKtoXpXIK2kyBOwOyzqcUlNZtQX8CwVSSUxqBEE2mqN9Sx5YpbAh3S6WF9u_qaFeCELFTbeyrnfradRLYXVoYBERTeTeiVoNOHLFsa15oEcK-e4WOhfiHrthgrfbVThvyx72EIyHtGiVA/s1600/220px-Trafalgar_Square-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKtoXpXIK2kyBOwOyzqcUlNZtQX8CwVSSUxqBEE2mqN9Sx5YpbAh3S6WF9u_qaFeCELFTbeyrnfradRLYXVoYBERTeTeiVoNOHLFsa15oEcK-e4WOhfiHrthgrfbVThvyx72EIyHtGiVA/s320/220px-Trafalgar_Square-2.jpg" width="217" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">51.6m</td></tr>
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And our total would still be enough to comfortably clear the top of Nelson's head.<br />
<br />
The horizontal distance jumped by the athletes comes in at <b>5,431.56m</b>.<br />
<br />
That is over <b>483</b> of our faithful friend the Route-master buses bumper to bumper. (And also spookily near to the number cleared vertically).<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw3mYm81_dCiPUjJS6Yzb4EvMjZwh9H_S_pgZUwxCHIIcPkDYWBKc7zgigIbRu63BA_S5wyZALQ47pGy_b3teRSwjvVbOBg_8ozJnkoVBZc6TKP3taSiFjgQLr3pjrv9hWEMLEYNWeGpc/s1600/250px-Arriva_London_bus_LT2_(LT61_BHT)_2011_New_Bus_for_London,_Victoria,_route_38,_27_February_2012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw3mYm81_dCiPUjJS6Yzb4EvMjZwh9H_S_pgZUwxCHIIcPkDYWBKc7zgigIbRu63BA_S5wyZALQ47pGy_b3teRSwjvVbOBg_8ozJnkoVBZc6TKP3taSiFjgQLr3pjrv9hWEMLEYNWeGpc/s1600/250px-Arriva_London_bus_LT2_(LT61_BHT)_2011_New_Bus_for_London,_Victoria,_route_38,_27_February_2012.jpg" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oh Hai!</td></tr>
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<br />
<br />
<i>Throwing it about.</i><br />
<br />
Combining all of the successful throws throughout the games gives us <b>63,256.68m</b>.<br />
<br />
Now I know it's a bit of a cop out but I'm just going to go back to my very <a href="http://howfarexactly.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/day-2-late-nights-and-early-finishes.html" target="_blank">first</a> comaprison.<br />
<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmvg0tFUBiX3VtchNU62YBDwvw8AYVNdcpYfN7_Tc8ErA72HtC9jUfls_DyOnynYopufSEmuT-0MOIuXpjE7zDWl9ew5Qk5EQgnmulfL3fegYqh4xqXO1UfE-38-_rF0suTdnCW2zM_1U/s1600/MapChannel.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmvg0tFUBiX3VtchNU62YBDwvw8AYVNdcpYfN7_Tc8ErA72HtC9jUfls_DyOnynYopufSEmuT-0MOIuXpjE7zDWl9ew5Qk5EQgnmulfL3fegYqh4xqXO1UfE-38-_rF0suTdnCW2zM_1U/s320/MapChannel.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bonjour!</td></tr>
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<br />
The distance covered is just about enough to throw something over the English Channel and leave enough for our oldest friends to return the gift<br />
<br />
<i><br /></i>
<i>Going for a quick dip.</i><br />
<br />
The total distance swam by the Women and Men at the 2012 games is <b>1,059,900m</b><br />
<br />
That works out to <b>21,198</b> lengths of an Olympic pool.<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBBSSM7F4aPhPAlJVhyphenhyphenbX6qFPX4z_JJtBodQTHydzts8ReR6Vw0k4hiImCrIK0f6nYkztppLePHIIYynUux0FaZlwYQOFnYPnk0BsMghPfFtQNOWH_HxH0v1Dc2DSXQQIBe992il6s268/s1600/aquatic+c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBBSSM7F4aPhPAlJVhyphenhyphenbX6qFPX4z_JJtBodQTHydzts8ReR6Vw0k4hiImCrIK0f6nYkztppLePHIIYynUux0FaZlwYQOFnYPnk0BsMghPfFtQNOWH_HxH0v1Dc2DSXQQIBe992il6s268/s1600/aquatic+c.jpg" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You may have seen one recently.</td></tr>
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In the Men's 50m Freestyle final <a href="http://www.london2012.com/athlete/manaudou-florent-1121587/" target="_blank">Florent Manaudou</a> took gold in a time of 21.34 seconds.<br />
<br />
If he was able to maintain that pace for the full distance it would still take him <b>5 days, 10 hours, 23 minutes and 57.32 seconds.</b><br />
<br />
He'd probably need a bit of a rest afterwards too.<br />
<br />
<br />
<i>Just run it off.</i><br />
<br />
The total distance ran at these games is <b>16,351,990m</b><br />
<br />
That works out to <b>40,880</b> Laps of a 400m track. (Technically 40,879.975 but come on, I'll be lax this once).<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg35AFu_fZwZDVQNs72IyJzT3KBeo10Qnj2s_c1E50VLDe3QFyg_zBpXdmABTyI-Rqx0xMQaab4Oc2Ra4yT0CHPXJ29IBKOqv1lMUCY9f9j7c-VA1UJarLBvfs5kLwzrFZn3BujE3rUD2k/s1600/track.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg35AFu_fZwZDVQNs72IyJzT3KBeo10Qnj2s_c1E50VLDe3QFyg_zBpXdmABTyI-Rqx0xMQaab4Oc2Ra4yT0CHPXJ29IBKOqv1lMUCY9f9j7c-VA1UJarLBvfs5kLwzrFZn3BujE3rUD2k/s1600/track.jpg" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This may also seem familiar</td></tr>
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Last night the Jamaica Men's 4x100m squad covered that in 36.84 seconds.<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuFdApphnjOKw8Z8df5lPgZzOcVXzzSPnZ6yIm4I6DsKIWKyfl2Z4EtMFWJhHbAtFbzzMCN8Thh2FUKz-qzYET0hK2YFLD-xCc_ApAiwOUZsUbtZgijJMXSAi9mwUDDgz4Kj5wf4lIYZk/s1600/jam.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuFdApphnjOKw8Z8df5lPgZzOcVXzzSPnZ6yIm4I6DsKIWKyfl2Z4EtMFWJhHbAtFbzzMCN8Thh2FUKz-qzYET0hK2YFLD-xCc_ApAiwOUZsUbtZgijJMXSAi9mwUDDgz4Kj5wf4lIYZk/s1600/jam.jpg" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This deja vu is driving me crazy</td></tr>
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If we gave them the job of covering our running distance, even at that World Record speed it would take them <b>2 weeks, 3 days, 10 hours, 20 minutes and 19.2 seconds.</b><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<i>So finally then. How far exactly?</i><br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">17,482,868.30m</span></div>
<br />
Which is:<br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">10,863.35 miles -ish</span></div>
<br />
Which is:<br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">1,556,800.383 of</span> </div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw3mYm81_dCiPUjJS6Yzb4EvMjZwh9H_S_pgZUwxCHIIcPkDYWBKc7zgigIbRu63BA_S5wyZALQ47pGy_b3teRSwjvVbOBg_8ozJnkoVBZc6TKP3taSiFjgQLr3pjrv9hWEMLEYNWeGpc/s1600/250px-Arriva_London_bus_LT2_%2528LT61_BHT%2529_2011_New_Bus_for_London%252C_Victoria%252C_route_38%252C_27_February_2012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw3mYm81_dCiPUjJS6Yzb4EvMjZwh9H_S_pgZUwxCHIIcPkDYWBKc7zgigIbRu63BA_S5wyZALQ47pGy_b3teRSwjvVbOBg_8ozJnkoVBZc6TKP3taSiFjgQLr3pjrv9hWEMLEYNWeGpc/s1600/250px-Arriva_London_bus_LT2_%2528LT61_BHT%2529_2011_New_Bus_for_London%252C_Victoria%252C_route_38%252C_27_February_2012.jpg" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hello again!</td></tr>
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<div style="text-align: center;">
bumper to bumper.</div>
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<br />
<h3>
Goodbye</h3>
<br />
Well there we go. <a href="http://howfarexactly.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/day-16-some-questions-answered.html" target="_blank">Question asked</a> and question answered. Before I go I'd like to thank everyone who has read and enjoyed this; especially those of you have shared this through Facebook and Twitter. I genuinely appreciate it, really, thanks. Please continue to do so (I make no money from this, would just like as many as possible to see it).<br />
<br />
If you read it and didn't like it well thanks anyway for trying it out I guess.<br />
<br />
If anyone wants to use any of the numbers on here then feel free but I would appreciate a link back for it.<br />
<br />
If anyone is especially interested in the spreadsheet then e mail me on <a href="mailto:howfarexactly@gmail.com">howfarexactly@gmail.com</a> and I'll happily send you a copy.<br />
<br />
And that's it. We now know something we didn't 2 weeks ago. Be good. I need a pint.<br />
<br />
Richard<br />
<br />
You can follow me on Twitter at <a href="http://www.twitter.com/Le_Paien_Roux" target="_blank">@Le_Paien_Roux</a><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span>Ricohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10810704983654583416noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575336382709388215.post-47108902911871865972012-08-11T13:27:00.000-07:002012-08-11T13:27:01.104-07:00Day 16 - Some questions answered.<h3>
August 11th</h3>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSx9IhvDbxc4OMoabxK0MPmH48a2EQG9Zh9DvDiMlwoY5riiIA3vDTU7GSWZOTdYx0SY-yC492Pdhtaf8kTidIYw6Aye2Akc1XwkNpyJ4MvupXRpEDSq5X91Dfw_S0pqB24S3XWm8qz8c/s1600/Mo+Farah.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSx9IhvDbxc4OMoabxK0MPmH48a2EQG9Zh9DvDiMlwoY5riiIA3vDTU7GSWZOTdYx0SY-yC492Pdhtaf8kTidIYw6Aye2Akc1XwkNpyJ4MvupXRpEDSq5X91Dfw_S0pqB24S3XWm8qz8c/s1600/Mo+Farah.jpg" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Today's first hero</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<br />
Looks like #GoMo will be trending worldwide tonight and it deserves to. That's all I have to say on that score.<br />
<br />
<h3>
Today's other hero</h3>
<br />
Today also had the Men's 50km race walk. It was won by <a href="http://www.london2012.com/athlete/kirdyapkin-sergey-1017483/" target="_blank">Sergey Kirdyapkin</a> which is cool and all that but the real kudos must go to the Silver medal winner <a href="http://www.london2012.com/athlete/tallent-jared-1090304/" target="_blank">Jared Tallent</a>. His completion of 50,000m pushed us through the <b>10 million metre</b> mark for these games.<br />
<br />
Bravo Jared<br />
<br />
<h3>
Some questions</h3>
<br />
I've been asked a few questions since I started this so I thought tonight was a good chance to answer some of them before tomorrow's number-fest.<br />
<br />
<i>Why are you doing this?</i><br />
<br />
Because as I mentioned in my <a href="http://howfarexactly.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-care.html" target="_blank">first post</a> I had a bit too much to drink with a friend. It's been established since then that <i>I</i> asked the fateful question "How far do you think they cover at the Olympics?" and he answered "You should totally work that out and blog about it."<br />
<br />
(Yes I'm paraphrasing, we we're drunk).<br />
<br />
Beyond that no reason really, just curiosity. It's an answer I wanted to know to a question I had asked. I thought others may also hence I may as well share it with them.<br />
<br />
<i>Are you OCD?</i><br />
<br />
No, not as far as I know. I am Ginger though.<br />
<br />
<i>Will you be doing the Paralympics?</i><br />
<br />
Maybe. I need to look at the events schedule and see if it's manageable. If it is then sure, why not?<br />
<br />
<i>Seriously though, why are you doing this?</i><br />
<br />
Seriously, just curious about it and from there comes well, why not?<br />
<br />
<i>You mention not counting projectiles but surely Javelins and Shot-puts and Discusssessss (sp?) and Hammers are projectiles?</i><br />
<br />
Yes they are. What happened there was I made a bad choice of word to try and differentiate between stuff propelled purely by human effort and the other missiles that have a machine to help out in moving them like arrows and bullets. Good point; too late to change it now though.<br />
<br />
<i>So you're Ginger and doing some idiot blog on distances covered in the Olympics; are you also single?</i><br />
<br />
Yes. Yes I am. So obviously single that there is no reason to rub it in with your question. Eligible ladies can find my Twitter at the bottom of this post. *raises one eyebrow while smiling*<br />
<br />
<b>Numbers</b><br />
<br />
Swimming: 7,200m<br />
Running: 3,853,400m<br />
Jumping: 88.18m<br />
Throwing: 3,387.52m<br />
<br />
Today's Total: 3,864,075.70m<br />
<br />
Which gives us overall figures of...<br />
<br />
Swimming: 1,052,700m<br />
Running: 12,660,415m<br />
Jumping: 7,721.62m<br />
Throwing: 63,256.68<br />
<br />
Overall Total Total: 13,784,093.30m<br />
<br />
So tomorrow it's all over. Join me then for the final breakdown.<br />
<br />
R<br />
<br />
You can follow me on Twitter at <a href="http://www.twitter.com/Le_Paien_Roux" target="_blank">@Le_Paien_Roux</a><br />
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<br />Ricohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10810704983654583416noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575336382709388215.post-72577684206430836382012-08-10T14:14:00.000-07:002012-08-10T23:13:51.770-07:00Day 15 - No clever title.<h3>
August 10th</h3>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijnLlLYignfSr_WORzV9QMOSg0QisDi9acjh_b48QOR3SgleI8v9mBg0LmuRl8ymu4Q6TAwur05GA6J8SWYLqBo1Xl6_fc0zOgCIkMVDAMhdpkXpXTtkYSjxdWqBx2r6mD8o-RIzFJRdg/s1600/tape+measure.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijnLlLYignfSr_WORzV9QMOSg0QisDi9acjh_b48QOR3SgleI8v9mBg0LmuRl8ymu4Q6TAwur05GA6J8SWYLqBo1Xl6_fc0zOgCIkMVDAMhdpkXpXTtkYSjxdWqBx2r6mD8o-RIzFJRdg/s1600/tape+measure.jpg" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This just won't cut it any longer.</td></tr>
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<br />
<h3>
Today's real hero</h3>
<br />
Today was the Men's 10k swimming marathon, <a href="http://www.london2012.com/athlete/mellouli-oussama-1044790/" target="_blank">Oussama Mellouli</a> won the thing and our very own <a href="http://www.london2012.com/athlete/fogg-daniel-1098540/" target="_blank">Daniel Fogg</a> came in fifth.<br />
<br />
I'm not here to talk about those two though. I'm here to talk about Ecuadorean <a href="http://www.london2012.com/athlete/enderica-ochoa-ivan-1059982/" target="_blank">Ivan Enderica Ochoa</a> who came back in 21st position (out of 25).<br />
<br />
Why are we discussing him you ask? Because when he touched home, his metres took the swimmers at this Olympics through the <b>1 million metre</b> barrier. <i>He</i> was the one to cross that line, go follow him on Twitter at <a href="http://www.twitter.com/ivanend" target="_blank">@ivanend</a> why don't you.<br />
<br />
That's 1,000km he got them to (and a bit beyond to be fair) and meant that I could finally start checking Wikipedia's list of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_rivers_by_length" target="_blank">Rivers over 1,00km in length.</a><br />
<br />
Bravo Ivan. Thank you. Let's get a pint together while you're still in London.<br />
<br />
<h3>
The best Summer job ever</h3>
<br />
I'm a big fan of the BBC. I'm going to state right now that their coverage of these games has been brilliant. The fulfillment of their promise that everything would be available live somewhere has been incredible.<br />
<br />
There is one fly in this ointment however.<br />
<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">He's the fly, not the ointment.</td></tr>
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<br />
Since it launched I've listened to Radio 5 Live every single day that I've been in the UK. I've fallen asleep with it more times than I have other people. I have the call-in number saved in my phone so that I can call and pester <a href="http://stephennolan/" target="_blank">@StephenNolan</a> anytime he's unfortunate enough to have some fucking homophobe bigot on his show when I get back from the pub. I reckon I listen to more of it than any other person in the country.*<br />
<br />
It's a really, really big part of my life and it's wonderful but somehow this summer it's basically become the Nicky Campbell' 'Make A Wish Foundation.'<br />
<br />
Now Mr. Campbell is an important part of 5Live. Five mornings a week he hosts a show wherein Daily Mail readers call in to argue with communists and he does a great job at it. It's his thing. I can't think of anyone who could goad extremists into calling up to prove their idiocy on national radio so well. What he is <i>not</i> is a sports broadcaster.<br />
<br />
Radio 5 has access to dozens of really good, insightful, provocative and articulate sports journalists. Sometimes though, due to scheduling issues the day after a big event Nicky has to helm a discussion hour on the England football team or John Terry or some such thing. It's no fault of his own but he is clearly uncomfortable in this costume. It is not his <i>mileu</i>; you may as well ask the pope to run a drag club as expect Campbell to discuss sport.<br />
<br />
The problem is that they've put him in charge of the early morning coverage of the games, generally before there is anything going on. This means he basically wanders around the Olympic site and cheer-leads the crowds; then interviews an athlete's parents and turns to shout off-mike to get some roars going. That's the easiest gig in the world (imagine being the MC at a comeback concert for Elvis <i>and</i> Sinatra) and he still manages to do it badly.<br />
<br />
They've paired him up with <a href="http://www.twitter.com/georgeyboy" target="_blank">George Riley</a> who knows his stuff and the always excellent Rachael Burden but it still doesn't cut it. Please BBC; let him get back to talking about benefit reform or equal marriage rights as soon as Monday rolls around. Get him back were he's useful rather than where he's having fun.<br />
<br />
<h3>
Numbers</h3>
<br />
Swimming: 250,000m<br />
Running: 140,200m<br />
Jumping: 158.74m<br />
Throwing: 3,297.35m<br />
<br />
Today's Total: 393,656.09m<br />
<br />
which gives us<br />
<br />
Swimming: 1,045,500m<br />
Running: 8,807,015m<br />
Jumping: 7,633.44m<br />
Throwing: 59,869.16m<br />
<br />
Overall Total: 9,920,017.60m<br />
<br />
Which frankly is just getting stupid. Tomorrow we will blast through 10 million metres and I'll probably get a bit teary and witter on about human endeavor.<br />
<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Which isn't always used for good.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
I'll ask in advance that you excuse me.<br />
<br />
See you then.<br />
<br />
R<br />
<br />
*Seriously; after Sunday's done I could probably find the time to make a spreadsheet to prove it.<br />
<br />
You can follow me on Twitter at <a href="http://www.twitter.com/Le_Paien_Roux" target="_blank">@Le_Paien_Roux</a><br />
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<br />Ricohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10810704983654583416noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575336382709388215.post-24180848454521017872012-08-09T14:23:00.002-07:002012-08-09T14:27:07.158-07:00Day 14 - Bolt the door. (Am I doing this right?)<h3>
August 9th</h3>
<br />
And cue a thousand headlines making a play on words based on lightning.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I'm not claiming to be above it though.</td></tr>
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I'm not really here to talk about the sport aspect of the Olympics, there are many others out there more qualified then me to do this but HOLY SHIT is he ever incredible. I remember becoming aware of him just before Beijing and starting to care about sprinting for the first time since Ben Johnson broke my 9 year old heart. I definitely remember <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F14EaVEDyUs" target="_blank">2008</a> and how he essentially re-wrote how fast a person could go. I also remember <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YKImIYoMrg" target="_blank">Berlin 2009</a> where he decided to edit the narrative by himself and just make everything ridiculous.<br />
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I could check but I'm a bit pushed for time so I'll go right ahead and assume that this is unprecedented and thank Usain for shocking me to my core with how fast a man can go. Let's see you take a crack at the Long Jump in Rio eh?<br />
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<h3>
Harder now that's it's over.</h3>
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I mean it's not really over but it is pretty much finished and we're all starting to wind down and hope we still respect ourselves in the morning. Some are hoping that there aren't too many photos of them with a Union Flag face-painted on them while they cry appearing on Facebook over the next few days.<br />
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Me I'm anxious to get over the 10 million metre mark but trust me, we have no worries on that score. The last few days include some <a href="http://www.london2012.com/athletics/event/men-50km-walk/index.html" target="_blank">really</a> <a href="http://www.london2012.com/athletics/event/women-20km-walk/index.html" target="_blank">big</a> <a href="http://www.london2012.com/athletics/event/men-marathon/index.html" target="_blank">numbers</a> that will get us over that mark. Exactly how far past is anyone's guess as we talk but we'll find out together.<br />
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<h3>
Numbers</h3>
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Swimming: 220,000m<br />
Running: 94,370m<br />
Jumping: 1,126.98m<br />
Throwing: 8620.02m<br />
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Todays Total: 324,117m<br />
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Which leaves us at<br />
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Swimming: 795,500m<br />
Running: 8,666,815m<br />
Jumping: 7,474.70m<br />
Throwing: 56,571.81m<br />
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Total Total: 9,526,361.51m<br />
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We're so close I can smell it, See you tomorrow when hopefully we get to taste it.<br />
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R<br />
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You can follow me on Twitter at <a href="http://www.twitter.com/Le_Paien_Roux" target="_blank">@Le_Paien_Roux</a>Ricohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10810704983654583416noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575336382709388215.post-75875201376793859012012-08-08T14:25:00.000-07:002012-08-08T14:25:10.614-07:00Day 13 - Come with me if you want to live.<h3>
August 8th</h3>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Don't worry, it'll buff out.</td></tr>
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<h3>
Godspeed you magnificent bastard (Redux).</h3>
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I mentioned <a href="http://howfarexactly.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/day-12-after-lord-mayors-show.html" target="_blank">yesterday</a> that I'd gotten a new laptop and asked that we mourn the passing of the old. I clearly spoke too soon as the new HP machine basically crapped it's hard drive out of itself this morning (I reckon it lasted about 18 hours total), and I'm writing this on the old, faithful, beautiful, glorious and apparently indestructible Toshiba machine. This bit of kit has had more bad things happen to it than the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnWKz7Cthkk" target="_blank">Top Gear Toyota Hilux</a> and yet it still just keeps coming -unbelievably- to life just when I need it. There are 2 conclusions I've drawn from this:<br />
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1) My Toshiba is essentially <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolverine_(comics)" target="_blank">Wolverine</a>.<br />
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2) I clearly emit some sort of radiation field that shafts hard-drives without me even noticing it. It is a bit of a pain in the ass to be honest but come the inevitable robot apocalypse then I'll basically be <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Connor" target="_blank">John Connor</a>. You're welcome.<br />
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<h3>
Extra Free Bonus Weightlifting numbers</h3>
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As a person dedicated to giving everyone what they didn't know they wanted even after they received it I added up all of the weightlifting numbers today. Any successful lift in any weight class counted. Trust me here, there were <a href="http://www.london2012.com/weightlifting/schedule-and-results/" target="_blank">a lot of lifts.</a><br />
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If we add up every single cleanly lifted weight we get 118,354kg. I know it's hard to picture that but once again the new <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Bus_for_London" target="_blank">Routemaster</a> comes to our rescue. Each of those things comes in at 12.65 tons and between them the men and women at this Olympics lifted just over 9.3 of the damn things.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">That is without passengers mind.</td></tr>
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<h3>
Numbers</h3>
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We're still short of breaking 10 million metres and getting to the (to me at least) important benchmark of 10 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Significant_digits" target="_blank">significant digits</a> but we plod on nonetheless.<br />
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Today we added...<br />
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Swimming: 0m<br />
Running: 304,030m<br />
Jumping: 1,225.26m<br />
Throwing: 14,045.91m<br />
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Daily total: 319,301.17m<br />
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Which gives us an overall of...<br />
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Swimming: 575,500m<br />
Running: 8,572,445m<br />
Jumping: 6,347.72m<br />
Throwing: 47,951.79m<br />
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Total total: 9,202,244.51m<br />
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We're entering the final straight now but we won't stop 'til we've counted everything. See you tomorrow.<br />
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R<br />
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You can follow me on Twitter at <a href="http://www.twitter.com/Le_Paien_Roux" target="_blank">@Le_Paien_Roux</a><br />
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<br />Ricohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10810704983654583416noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575336382709388215.post-20268927092181191532012-08-07T13:30:00.000-07:002012-08-07T13:30:23.641-07:00Day 12 - After the Lord Mayor's show.<h3>
August 7th</h3>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is only my 2nd stupidest hat.</td></tr>
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There's almost an air of melancholy today now that we've all recovered from Bolt showing the word he's still the boss over 100m. Sure we still get to see if he can make us shake our heads in disbelief once again in the 200m but there's no point in pretending the high water mark wasn't passed on Sunday night.<br />
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The 100m final has so much hype and importance attached to it that the first week is all build up to it and it seems that in the days following we realise that the signature moment of our games has passed and everything else seems just to be book-keeping.<br />
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Not here though, we still have plenty of stuff to count, today's triathlon added some great numbers and we still have the men's marathon to look forward to. It looks fairly clear that at some point this week we'll clear 10 million metres which I still have difficulty believing even though the evidence is right there on the screen in front of me.<br />
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<h3>
Godspeed you magnificent bastard</h3>
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Perhaps the air of deflation is added to by the passing of my old laptop which today finally went into the darkness for the last time. I'd like to take this moment to salute the infuriating piece of crap and all the years of service it gave me. I'll miss you, this new machine might actually be stable and co-operative but it just doesn't feel the same; sort of like using someone else's towel. RIP.<br />
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<h3>
Numbers</h3>
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Swimming: 82,500m<br />
Running: 770,550m<br />
Jumping: 1,260.87m<br />
Throwing: 7,219.51m<br />
Daily Total: 861,530.38m<br />
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Giving cumulative numbers of...<br />
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Swimming: 575,500m<br />
Running: 8,268,415m<br />
Jumping: 5,122.46m<br />
Throwing: 33,905.88m<br />
Total total: 8,882,943.34m<br />
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R<br />
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You can follow e on twitter at <a href="http://www.twitter.com/Le_Paien_Roux" target="_blank">@Le_Paien_Roux</a><br />
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<br />Ricohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10810704983654583416noreply@blogger.com0