NEW YORK — It's clear to anyone who watched him leave his competition in the dust in Rio that Usain Bolt is fast. But how does his race time translate to navigating the streets of New York?
The New York Times answered that question with a new interactive that allows you to use your home, office or any address you choose as Olympian's starting line, and then shows you how far and how fast they could run through your neighborhood.
The result is a fascinating — and intimidating — map that shows that Bolt would, for example, be able to run the length of 32nd Street between Broadway and 5th Avenue in just under 20 seconds.
That distance would take a normal person about two minutes to walk.
Bahrainian runner Ruth Jebet, who won the gold medal in the women's 3000-meter steeplechase, would handle the 37-minute trek from the Barclays Center to Lafayette and Tompkins Avenues in just under 8 minutes and 59 seconds.
Click the link to see the results. Try not to feel too bad about yourself afterward.
