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<blockquote data-quote="EzekielRaiden" data-source="post: 7686798" data-attributes="member: 6790260"><p>Then it sounds like your real problem is with horses, not with running. Dashing 90 feet/6 second round is 15 feet per second, or 4.572 m/s. The current record-holder(s) for the 30k run had a time of about 87 minutes, which translates to an average speed of ~5.81 m/s. While a reduction of only ~21.4% seems a little small for a character wearing heavy armor and carrying a weapon rather than wearing nothing but a thin track uniform and running shoes, a <em>slight</em> suspension of disbelief doesn't seem out of place here. Though, as others have said, this stuff is theoretically only appropriate for combat, as speed is defined differently for overland travel.</p><p></p><p>Edit: And just so this is noted, 4.572 m/s is about <em>half</em> the speed of the world-record 100 meter dash...from a century ago. Usain Bolt's current record is 9.58 sec, or 10.44 m/s. Very similar, though not precisely identical, records exist for the 200 and 400 meter as well (slightly slower average speeds, naturally, but all still more than double the speed of a double-Dashing Rogue). People can absolutely do these speeds in real life; if a horse can be matched by a Rogue, it is only because horses move too slowly in the rules.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="EzekielRaiden, post: 7686798, member: 6790260"] Then it sounds like your real problem is with horses, not with running. Dashing 90 feet/6 second round is 15 feet per second, or 4.572 m/s. The current record-holder(s) for the 30k run had a time of about 87 minutes, which translates to an average speed of ~5.81 m/s. While a reduction of only ~21.4% seems a little small for a character wearing heavy armor and carrying a weapon rather than wearing nothing but a thin track uniform and running shoes, a [I]slight[/I] suspension of disbelief doesn't seem out of place here. Though, as others have said, this stuff is theoretically only appropriate for combat, as speed is defined differently for overland travel. Edit: And just so this is noted, 4.572 m/s is about [I]half[/I] the speed of the world-record 100 meter dash...from a century ago. Usain Bolt's current record is 9.58 sec, or 10.44 m/s. Very similar, though not precisely identical, records exist for the 200 and 400 meter as well (slightly slower average speeds, naturally, but all still more than double the speed of a double-Dashing Rogue). People can absolutely do these speeds in real life; if a horse can be matched by a Rogue, it is only because horses move too slowly in the rules. [/QUOTE]
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