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Several times faster than me, that is the important lesson here!  Reminds me of joke, "sign on pasture fence said, do not enter this pasture unless you can run across it under 8 seconds, the bull can!"

A cheetah can attain speeds up to 76 miles per hour but can only sustain them for over a distance of approximately 1,500 feet. Cheetahs can accelerate at an amazing rate, going from a standstill position to as fast as 68 mph in less than three seconds.

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