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27% of Brits think they could qualify for the LA Olympics in 2028

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Aug 2024
12:05pm, 14 Aug 2024
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Mushroom
Though it turns out you can run a marathon with a broken leg.

bbc.co.uk

What's stopping you all..? ;-)
Aug 2024
12:10pm, 14 Aug 2024
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Bowman πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ͺ
Well a stress fracture isn't really the bone poking out of the skin :)
But it probably hurt a bit. :)
Aug 2024
12:12pm, 14 Aug 2024
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McGoohan
I can confirm I am a better breakdancer than the Aussie
Aug 2024
12:12pm, 14 Aug 2024
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Maclennane
With some talent for the event, and with a hell of a lot of training, I have increased my javelin from 30m to 34m. I am full optimistic of achieving the 85m required standard
Aug 2024
1:35pm, 14 Aug 2024
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Surrey Phil
I think I'd have to join a local rifle club as I don't think anything with excessive movement would suit me anymore.
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Diogenes
I still tend to think I could play football to a reasonable level (I couldn't). Even if they changed the men's football category to Over 55 and GB actually entered a team, I wouldn't even get close.

I suspect that most of the 27% are people who don't currently take part in any organised sport at all.

The fact that 80% of amateur runners in my age category are faster than I am tells me all I need to know.
Aug 2024
2:19pm, 14 Aug 2024
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Ocelot Spleens
Cotrarily I am here to say if anybody gets to the stage where they could train as much as an Olympian, in whatever sport, you might be surprised just how good you're likely to get. So 5k, let's start at 80 miles per week, and then you would need to build up from there...
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Joe1970
There was a great video I saw a few days ago with yer average member of the public being put on a treadmill going at the pace Keely Hodgkinson was running the 800m at, and seeing how long they could keep up. Some lasted more than a few seconds, but not many. The thing is, with people who are exceptionally good at sport, is that they make it look pretty easy. I used to play football to a semi-reasonable amateur standard, and played with guys who were a lot better than me and who made it all look far easier than I made it look, and none of them ever made it to even the lower ranks of professional leagues. There's a world of difference between making it look easy, and how easy it really is...
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Night-owl
Maybe I've set my limits too low πŸ˜‚
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2:33pm, 14 Aug 2024
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Nicholls595
I'm sure I read somewhere that Olympic rowers have to consume 10,000 calories a day?

Pretty confident I could take to that part of it.

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