Guess This Means I'm a 'Real' Runner

Woohoo and weehee for me: With my average pace of 8 minutes and some odd seconds per mile, I can manage (and actually surpass, even now when I've got a bum leg) the optimal running pace for women.

A zoologist and her team has been looking at humans' shift to bipedalism and whether walking or running had a bigger influence on the evolution of good 'ol Homo's form factor. Read all about the researchers' findings here. But here's the key finding:

Overall, the optimal speeds for the group were about 8.3 mph (about a 7:13 minutes per mile) for males and 6.5 mph (9:08 min/mile) for females.

Nifty, non?