How long would it take for a snail to run a mile?

Kelly's answer is too quick! the fastest champion at the World Championships at Congham, in Norfolk UK clocked up 8.6 meters an hour, but that was only on a sprint course of 13 inches. At that rate it would take 7 and three quarters days to manage a mile. read more

I was going to estimate snails move half a centimeter per second, which would be .01 meters/second times by 3600 seconds/hour = 36 meters/hour. Then multiply that by 1 kilometer/1000 meters times 0.6 miles/kilometer = 0.02 miles per hour. read more

3 hoursIf you had the time to watch you would already know. read more