Sprint Faster, How to
If you have considered yourself to be a runner for a long time, then you may have gotten into a rut regarding your beliefs about being able to sprint faster.
“Humor is the best medicine,” as the saying goes.
With that in mind, here are ten tips that may help you to get out of your rut and become a faster sprinter. For your convenience, a miles-per-hour (MPH) speed appears at the front of each tip.
- 20: Envisage running along a shore and trying to stay even with a leatherback turtle in the water. This is the fastest reptile in the water, capable of speeds over 20 miles per hour.
- 21: Imagine chasing a spiny-tailed iguana. This is the fastest reptile on land, capable of speeds over 21 MPH.
- 22: Visualize running along a shore and trying to stay even with a Gentoo penguin in the waters of the Antarctic. This is the fastest bird in the water, capable of speeds up to 22 miles per hour.
- 35: Envisage being chased by a common green darner dragonfly. This is the world’s fastest flying insect, capable of speeds up to 35 MPH.
- 40: Imagine being chased by an ostrich. This is the fastest bird on land, capable of speeds over 40 miles per hour. This is also the fastest two-legged animal on land.
- 56: Visualize running along a shore and trying to stay even with a Dall’s porpoise in the water. This is the world’s fastest mammal in the water, capable of speeds up to 56 MPH.
- 60: Envisage being chased by a Mexican free-tailed bat. This the world’s fastest flying mammal, capable of speeds up to 60 miles per hour when diving for insects.
- 70: Imagine running along a shore and trying to stay even with a sailfish in the water. This is the world’s fastest fish, capable of speeds up to 70 MPH — and in turbulent ocean waters, at that!
- 75: Visualize being chased across an African prairie by a cheetah. This is the world’s fastest mammal on land and the world’s fastest land animal overall, capable of reaching speeds up to 75 miles per hour. And a cheetah can go from 0 to 64 miles per hour in just three seconds.
- 200: Envisage being chased by a Peregrine falcon. This is the world’s fastest bird in the air and the world’s fastest animal overall, capable of reaching speeds up to 200 MPH.
Do you need a break from all this imaginary sprinting? Imagine chasing a cockroach. This is the world’s fastest insect on land, capable of reaching speeds up to 5 miles per hour. Surely you can catch a cockroach, right?
