Isn't it 26 miles 385yds?
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V8Wagon said:
Dunno why but seeing this, this morning really irritated me. I guess I'm getting old and don't like change!!
The last time I checked, a marathon was 26 miles wasn't it? The local marathon down here now has the distance measured out in kilometres rather than miles.
Wasn't that just a "this is how far you've got to go" marker?The last time I checked, a marathon was 26 miles wasn't it? The local marathon down here now has the distance measured out in kilometres rather than miles.
madbadger said:
The Horrrorrrrr.
Kms are good for running as it is easier pacing yourself.
That makes sense.Kms are good for running as it is easier pacing yourself.
Cock Womble 7 said:
Wasn't that just a "this is how far you've got to go" marker?
Yeh, last year the sign in the same area said 17 miles, and it's distance ran rather than to go.V8Wagon said:
hyperblue said:
Races are often marked out in KM's for pacing.
Yep, I get it now. It's always been marked out in miles in previous years and I couldn't understand why we'd gone all European.
Gokartmozart said:
alfa pint said:
The distance itself is somewhat mythical. It was set in stone at its current distance in the 1948 London Olympics as that was the route they chose.
I thought it was the 1908 Olympics so the race would start in front of the royal box.Before WW1 the Olympuics was a far more loose and unregulated event.
I guess that photo is from Brighton. Both miles and Ks were signed, imagine if you turn up from <insert name of suitable country, anywhere in the world apart from UK and US) yopu would have no idea how big a mile was and even if you do, trying to do mental arithmatic to convert your expecte 3.30 per K into per mile is a bit tricky!
Equally some UK runners may work in K for when they run abroad, I now do because 5k is my normal distance and it's no good working in miles.
HTH
Equally some UK runners may work in K for when they run abroad, I now do because 5k is my normal distance and it's no good working in miles.
HTH
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