WEATHER LOWDOWN. November sees temperatures in Venice drop quite dramatically. Be prepared to bring your umbrella in case of moderate rain, especially near the end of the month. The average temperature only gets as high as 12Â°C (that's about 54Â°F), with minimum temperatures being around lows of 4Â°C (about 39Â°F).
land speed record. The current world land speed record stands at 763.035 mph, as set in October 1997 by British Royal Air Force pilot Andy Green driving the jet-powered Thrust SSC. Green is looking to break his own record and has a new team and a new car behind him.
Morocco's Hicham El Guerrouj, the King of the Mile, is the current world record holder with a time of 3:43.13, set in Rome in 1999. He also is the current world record holder in the 1,500, 3:26.0, and the 2,000, 4:44.79. He is a double Olympic gold medalist, winning the 1,500- and 5,000-meter races in Athens in 2004. Born in Siberia, Russia's Svetlana Masterkova holds the women's world record for the mile at 4:12.56, set on Aug. 14, 1996.