99 parts water / 1 part potato
1:99 then 2:98 or 1:49 or 1 part solid / 49 water - 50KG
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Thereās more than one way to peel a potato.
If evaporation of 1% of water drops the weight 50kg, then if another 1% of water evaporates they cease to exist
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it wouldnāt - the solid part would still be there
so if another 1% dried the ratio would be
3:97 or 1:32 and 1/3rd so 33KG for shits and giggles
The mass of the solid part doesnāt change - itās only the water that is evaporating
Mind-boggling that they were that accurate nearly 500 years ago.
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Seeing Irish Mist on a menu reminds me of the time itās producer C&C launched the liqueur in Germany in the mid 90s. Sales were really low, they couldnāt understand why, as it was selling well in other European markets like France and the UK. It took the idiots six months to realise that āmistā in German means āmuckā 
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Have you read āthe sports geneā or any books about Kenyans or Ethiopian runners.
Thereās lads out there would win European or smaller American marathons for fun but canāt get out of the country to prove it
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Eldoret is a great spot.
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Must be something in the water in lake Victoria
Rudisha who was arguably best of the lot of them was a different tribe/genetic background.
Culture of excellence is a large part of it. You are training with and being trained by multi Olympic winning runners and you grow up in that environment
Being miles from drug testers a factor too you feel.
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There was a time when several of the best table tennis players in the world lived within a kilometre of their science teachers garageā¦Iām fairly sure the town was either Little Wardpuddle or Little Walthamstow
Iāve read loads on that subject, itās fascinating.
Very few athletes are from Eldoret, theyāre almost all farm boys from the area, many theories on how they succeed, but desire is well up there along with the natural and physical advantages afforded to them.
I love this anecdote from the (excellent) book āTwo Hoursā by Ed Caeser
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He was probably following an online programme designed by @fenwaypark 
the mistake Europeans made was to copy Kenyans training. Theyād invariably end up injured. They seem to be able to do huge volume in training and not get injured from it. That may well be because they grow up running as a means of locomotion
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They have great glutes
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Oh behave!
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Eat, sleep run,
Rest.
Never walk when you can stand, never stand when you can sit, never sit when you can lie down.
Desire, international success is a guaranteed way out of poverty for your entire family, even a minor European Marathon, itās just a matter of being selected by the agents, head down, work your balls off.
Thereās an awful lot to it, altitude as well, but itās remarkable
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