Monday, January 21, 2008

Bad Math, Nice Try

The weeks beginning:

  1. February 4th
  2. February 11th
  3. February 18th
  4. February 25th
  5. March 3rd
  6. March 10th
  7. March 17th
  8. March 24th
  9. March 31st
  10. April 7th
  11. April 14th
  12. April 21st
  13. April 28th
  14. May 5th
  15. May 12th
  16. May 19th
  17. May 26th

Sorry, sugar. Months have at most 4 and 3/7ths weeks, which is "more like 4 and 1/2" than it is like 4, but in this case it still doesn't get you the right number of weeks.

  • 4 and 1/7th (February)
  • 4 and 3/7ths (March)
  • 4 and 2/7ths (April)
  • 4 and 3/7ths (May)

So that gives you what? 16 whole weeks and 9/7ths of a week for a total of 17 weeks and 2 days. But in fact it's less than that because training starts on a Monday and the race is on a Saturday. That's because the 1st three days of February should be subtracted. In other words, if you count days and divide by 7, you'll see. A valiant effort on your part. Commendable, really. But no, you can't wait another month.

3 comments:

Michelle said...

The training program is only 16 weeks long, so my 'math' indicates that training starts on February 11th......???? Tell me I am right so I can put off panic for another week. Thank you for your cooperation.

Flood said...

I refer you to my original post about the "wiggle week." If you use up that week before you start, what are you gonna do when you get the flu in March?

Michelle said...

Dang it!