Friday By the Numbers

number of olympics at which tug-o-war was considered an olympic sport:	6
number of olympics at which plunge diving and live pigeon shooting was considered an olympic sport:	1[src][src]
the number of events in the first olympics in 776 B.C.	1
the length of the only event (a sprint) in those first olympics 776 B.C.	210 yrds
number of NFL teams named after a charge card (the Diner's Club Carte Blanche):	1 (San Diego)
number of feet, over which a human can outrun a Formula 1 car, both starting from a complete stop:	30
number of cows needed for all the leather footballs used in the NFL for one year:	3000
% of high school atheletes that play their sport in college:	2% [src]
average time of finishers of the 2009 NYC Marathon:	4:48
% pace decrease for every 5 degrees increase in temperature over 60 degrees:	20%
maximum amount of water (in ounces) the largest human can hold:	32
maximum amount of water (in ounces) the average human can hold:	27
% of the population that is above average anything	50
% of the population that is below average anything	50
average life expectancy of a Star Trek red-shirt crew member (in seconds) after landing party:	22
Average miles per gallon you can expect if a car maker's ad says "30 mpg, city":	23
average miles per gallon for off-the-shelf gatorade that a jog burns:	13
for a hard run:	9
Usain Bolt's top speed (in mph) during his 100 m Olympic sprint performance:	27.79 [src]

Good luck everyone with races! I have my 10k on Sunday and am pumped!