Monday, September 6, 2010

Physics Entry #1: XC Meet

On September 4, 2010, I had a cross country meet at Waipio Soccer Park for Iolani School JV/ Varsity.  During the race, I was running at around 3.5 meters per second (from 22 minutes for 3 miles) but when I got to a steep and long hill, my pace slowed even though I was putting in more effort.  The hill was about a 45 degree angle from the ground and approximately 15 meters long.  I came to the top of the hill in about 25 seconds making my pace slow down to .6 m/s.  My velocity slowed down because I ran fighting the force of gravity which is 9.8 meters per second^2 in the negative direction or to the ground.  My legs became especially sore on this hill.  Other runners also slowed down.  This picture isn't a picture of me but of other intermediate runners on their 2 mile event at Waipio.

4 comments:

  1. foto rich hawaii ftw
    gj running

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  2. Wow, your sense of distance and speed is amazing. I can't believe you remembered all of that while finishing the race. I think you could've added more personal comments instead of telling your speed and other numbers. Overall, it was quite a tedious reading, but good job.

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  3. Good job. I had a real easy time understanding what you were trying to convey through your blog. Nice picture....but your not in it!

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