‘TIS NOT A SPRINT

So they are now playing the WORLD CUP matches in South Africa. The game is football (football, soccer, whatever). The sport is becoming ever more popular in the U.S. but we still don’t seem to be endorsing it in full as sport fans.

I did find it interesting when it was reported during a recent news report just how fast these superb athletes run during a game. I believe that they decided the fastest players run at 20 miles per hour – and that’s FAST.

Even more important in my mind was the point that they figured a good soccer player runs 8 miles during a normal game. I think it points out that while speed is really an asset in any sport, this is really and endurance sport!

Bert