Antwaan Randle El vs. 900 pound bear

[chrisl4064]

Originally Posted by saden1

I can't believe someone actually thinks they can outrun a bear. Maybe these guys think Chad Johnson actually beat a horse in a race. Straight line, zig-sag, back flips, whatever, the bear is going to maul you.

In all reality by the time the bear starts running fast hes got 40 yards to catch him. ARE wins.

and btw the most effective way to run from a bear is downhill....

[saden1]

Originally Posted by chrisl4064

In all reality by the time the bear starts running fast hes got 40 yards to catch him. ARE wins.

and btw the most effective way to run from a bear is downhill....

This is an easy high school physics problem. If we know what the runner's and bear's acceleration are we can more accurately calculate how long it would take the bear to catch the runner. Here's the math if we make some assumptions along with the limited information we've been given.

Given:

• Assume constant acceleration of 0. We have to assume this because we don't have this information, we only have speed and the problem can't be solved accurately without the acceleration information.
• Randle El (a.k.a. "The Foolish One") who runs 9.09 yards per seconds (he has 4.49s 40 time).
• The Bear (a.k.a. "The Mauler") who runs 14.66 yards per seconds (30 mph = 14.66 y/s).
• Assume it's a 100 yard straight-line race between "The Mauler" and "The Foolish One" who is running for his life (or was, may he RIP).

Result:

• Assuming they both start at the 1 yard line...after 4 seconds The Foolish One will be at the ~37.4 yard line, The Mauler will be at the ~59.6 yard line....ohh the horror!
• Assuming The Mauler started at 1 yard line and The Foolish One gets a head start at the 39 yard line...The Foolish One will get mauled Kevin Dyson style at the one yard line after ~6.68 seconds.

There you have it ladies and gentlemen, math doesn't lie. Even if you give The Foolish One decent acceleration, Vick/Hester speed, and a 30 yard head start he'd still get f*cked up before he scores a TD or reaches safety.