If you're walking, 0.533 miles is just about far enough away to make it inconvenient to get the mail. In a downpour. If you're running 0.533 miles is a little over half-way to a mile, a distance I was able to run in about 5 min 45 sec, at my peak If you're running, 0.533 miles is half-way through a good 6 minute run, 4 minutes if you're an olympian. Running, 0.533 miles is about half-way through a good six minute run. Or just enough to realize treadmill running is not for you, if you're anything like me.

Now suppose you're in, let's say, a souped up Chevy Monte Carlo with a V8 going an average of 123 mph. Only, you're traversing that 0.533 miles in a circle that is completely enclosed by stadium seats built high enough to accommodate 160,000 people within 3 square miles. And there are 43 (ok, let's call it 38) cars just like yours going round and round with you. Now you can see why they call Bristol Motor Speedway a giant toilet bowl. And you can also see why there was enough carbon monoxide and enough round-and-round dizziness to cause my favorite driver to think it was a good idea to spin himself out to get a caution and then brag about.

In unrelated foolishness, on the heels of me shelling out X amount of dollars to give a special someone extra web e-mail space, Google announces they are in the beta testing mode of offering a GIGABYTE of free e-mail space! A GIGABYTE! Good grief.