I ran a 5K this past summer. So as I'm running the course...they say ONE - 7 minutes 34 seconds. Then later they are like TWO! 14 minutes 58 seconds. And I'm like...what is that TWO??
They said MILES! I'm like...ok great. I'm running a 5 kilometer race, and they are intervalling in miles. Nice... At 12:47 11/22/01 -0500, Duncan Bath wrote: >You deserve an SI medal for raising the issue. Remember 'ask and ye shall >receive'. > I wish! >D. > >-----Original Message----- >From: Harry Wyeth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: U.S. Metric Association <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: November 22, 2001 06:40 >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 >> > >
