Dumpster Dash

What's the lower limit in time for the DD?

During the 1936 Berlin Olympics — Hitler's supposed showcase for his "Aryan racial superiority, Jesse Owens, at age 21, won four events. He  tied the world 100-meter dash record at 10.3 seconds, and set Olympic records for the 200-meter (218.8 yds) dash (20.7 seconds)

In the 1996 Olympics, Michael Johnson smashed the World Record for 200m with a time of 19.32 seconds (see the YouTube video), a record which still stands to this day.

Now, that's over flat ground with no stopping and turning, but 200m is 18.8 yards longer than the 200 yard Dumpster Dash. Doing the math, without regard to the unlevel terrain and the need to stop and turn, the theoretical lower limit for the Dumpster Dash is 17.66 seconds. Practically speaking, it's highly unlikely even an Olympic great could run the Dumpster Dash in under 20 seconds.

Why doesn't the US embrace soccer?

We're enduring the long wait until Blacksmith Ray races Rugby Chris in the EXCITING (never know what will happen) Kilt Dumpster Dash (we're just waiting for the date/time to be announced -- apparently there's some very delicate negotiations going on about the length of the kilts, underwear or lack thereof, etc.) by watching soccer on a 55" TV at the Corner Pub.

Since there's not been any Dumpster Dash action to analyze in a while, let's take a look at soccer. (Gotta post about something, or you'll stop checking back.)