Mile 2, or, on Trump and Marathons. For runners and others.
Say somebody has never really run at all - no road running, no treadmill, nothing. Some running in high school sports and the like, but apart from that, never did string together even a 5K.
Now this person, without training at all, still no running, gets into a marathon. And starts running.
How long before the person starts to flag, to really struggle, to bump up against the limit?
I'd say you'd see some initial difficulty at about a mile, but then significant difficulty - to the point of near failure - closing in on Mile 2. Maybe 1.95 miles.
There are 1460 days in a four year Presidential term. Last Tuesday marked Day #110 of Trump's Presidency, or about .075 of the 1460 days.
2 miles of a marathon is about .076 of the total distance.
Two miles. About what you'd expect.
There is a limit. He simply can't do the job. It's not that different: the vast majority of people who have never run before simply can't do the 26.2 miles. It's a hard limit. You can't will yourself through it, or con your way through it, or persuade your way through it. It's a hard limit.
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