2001-11-22 Despite being the first and only, insist they do accomodate SI. Tell them you are speaking on behalf of all foreign participants and the silent majority.
It can't be that hard to incorportate SI units into the literature. Also explain that the marathon is now "metric", being 42.2 km or 42 200 m. Thus, every 100 m can be marked off along the route. John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Harry Wyeth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, 2001-11-22 06:36 Subject: [USMA:16301] Depressing... > I am going to run in the Sacramento International Marathon on December 2 > here in California. I checked out the event on the web and found no > reference to distances in km, so I sent a message asking why not. I > received a nice reply which explained why (there IS a LOT of organizing > that goes into putting on a major race such as this), and also mentioned > that I was the FIRST person to make such an inquiry. That is depressing. > > Happy Thanksgiving to all. > > Here's the site if you want to read about the event. > > http://www.runcim.org/data/MarHome.html > > HARRY WYETH >
