Running the numbers
As if being the daughter of an NFL coach and married to one of his players wasn't grueling enough, Kate Snee decided to run 26 miles and 385 yards through Boston today. It was the first marathon for the mother of two (and, in case you haven't put the pieces together, daughter of Giants coach Tom Coughlin and wife of guard Chris Snee) and she finished the Patriots Day extravaganza with a time of 4 hours, 3 minutes, 48 seconds.
It wasn't a perfect run, but then again (cough, cough) so few things in New England are.
According to the Giants' PR staff: "Needless to say, her father is beaming with pride as he prepares for this weekend's NFL draft." In case he had trouble taking time away from his draft preparation, we'll do the math for him and put things in more suitable football terms (and because underneath that gleaming sportswriter facade we are a math geek):
To finish the race in 4:03:48, Kate would have averaged 12.68 seconds per 40 yards.
Click below if you care to see how we came to that number or to double-check my calculations.
Okay, so, a manathon is 26 miles and 385 yards. Or, to put it in one term, 46,145 yards.
Her time of 4:03:48 can be broken down to 14,628 seconds (4 times 60 minutes times 60 seconds ... you get the idea).
She averaged around .317 seconds per yard.
.317 times 40 gives you 12.68.
Aren't numbers fun?
Anyway, back to the draft.
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"It wasn't a perfect run, but then again (cough, cough) so few things in New England are."
HAHA
so true
Anyways, thats pretty intresting, that would be a very bad combine time though, then again she is not running full speed, more of a jog
Kate Snee did great. Maybe Chris should give it a try. Going by the numbers, his 5.32 time for the 40 translates into a marathon time of 1:42:17.
Not bad for a big guy!