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Blazenite104 wrote: I'd take much of that with a grain of salt though. I'm pretty sure Rick wasn't making those calcs at the time and they seem to misjudge a few things here and there. Heck they discuss holding up the sky as a feat of strength and compare him to Heracles. Annabeth did it as well and no one thinks she's particularly strong compared to other demigods. there's also the whole holding the sky is more strength of will than anything else.

EDIT: Now that it has got me thinking though, chances are the demigods are really just completely unaware of how powerful they actually are. I mean when training in the first book there is no mention of moving faster than a car. only that that he could not outrun nymphs. maybe he just wasn't aware of how quick he was going because he was losing. Holding the sky is more of a test of willpower than a test of strength. Demigods are strong, but is still no where near the same strength as Hercules or any other god. Besides, I'm sure that demigods are not particularly fast when it comes to running, but is very fast when it comes to REFLEXES.