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   From: pvstownsend.zyx.abc@ntlworld.com   
      
   sean_q set the following eddies spiralling through the space-time continuum:   
      
   > How long did this take? I was just a toddler when Roger Bannister ran   
   > a mile in under 4 minutes at the British Empire Games in Vancouver.   
   > That's better than 15 mph. Assuming Treebeard can stride at the same   
   > pace, he can do ~36 mph. It must have been terrifying for Saruman's   
   > orcs and Dunlanders to see these giants coming at them so fast.   
   > However, even at the more leisurely pace of, say 25 mph it would   
   > have taken Treebeard something like 4 hours worth of striding   
   > to reach Wellinghall, which sounds reasonable.   
      
   A good horse can manage 45mph for a few miles, so any Orc-cavalry could   
   outrun the Ents. However, the terrifying sight of approaching Ents is   
   likely to throw them into panic and their first thought would be to abandon   
   the horses and try to flee on foot (hopeless).   
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