27% of Brits think they could qualify for the LA Olympics in 2028

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Mushroom 14 Aug 12:05pm, 14 Aug 2024 3,311 posts	0 Mushroom Though it turns out you can run a marathon with a broken leg. bbc.co.uk What's stopping you all..?
Bowman 🇸🇪 14 Aug 12:10pm, 14 Aug 2024 3,885 posts	0 Bowman 🇸🇪 Well a stress fracture isn't really the bone poking out of the skin But it probably hurt a bit.
McGoohan 14 Aug 12:12pm, 14 Aug 2024 54,387 posts	0 McGoohan I can confirm I am a better breakdancer than the Aussie
Maclennane 14 Aug 12:12pm, 14 Aug 2024 32,666 posts	0 Maclennane With some talent for the event, and with a hell of a lot of training, I have increased my javelin from 30m to 34m. I am full optimistic of achieving the 85m required standard
Surrey Phil 14 Aug 1:35pm, 14 Aug 2024 10,624 posts	0 Surrey Phil I think I'd have to join a local rifle club as I don't think anything with excessive movement would suit me anymore.
Diogenes 14 Aug 1:41pm, 14 Aug 2024 87,553 posts	0 Diogenes I still tend to think I could play football to a reasonable level (I couldn't). Even if they changed the men's football category to Over 55 and GB actually entered a team, I wouldn't even get close. I suspect that most of the 27% are people who don't currently take part in any organised sport at all. The fact that 80% of amateur runners in my age category are faster than I am tells me all I need to know.
Ocelot Spleens 14 Aug 2:19pm, 14 Aug 2024 39,471 posts	0 Ocelot Spleens Cotrarily I am here to say if anybody gets to the stage where they could train as much as an Olympian, in whatever sport, you might be surprised just how good you're likely to get. So 5k, let's start at 80 miles per week, and then you would need to build up from there...
Joe1970 14 Aug 2:30pm, 14 Aug 2024 185 posts	0 Joe1970 There was a great video I saw a few days ago with yer average member of the public being put on a treadmill going at the pace Keely Hodgkinson was running the 800m at, and seeing how long they could keep up. Some lasted more than a few seconds, but not many. The thing is, with people who are exceptionally good at sport, is that they make it look pretty easy. I used to play football to a semi-reasonable amateur standard, and played with guys who were a lot better than me and who made it all look far easier than I made it look, and none of them ever made it to even the lower ranks of professional leagues. There's a world of difference between making it look easy, and how easy it really is...
Night-owl 14 Aug 2:31pm, 14 Aug 2024 46,171 posts	0 Night-owl Maybe I've set my limits too low 😂
Nicholls595 14 Aug 2:33pm, 14 Aug 2024 32,042 posts	0 Nicholls595 I'm sure I read somewhere that Olympic rowers have to consume 10,000 calories a day? Pretty confident I could take to that part of it.