The advantages are obvious! A circle drawn with radius 159.155m shall give the runner EXACTLY one kilometre distance to run; and incrementals for outer circles can easily be made to any required distance!
Brij
From: "James Wentworth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [USMA:24180] Re: running a 5k
Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2002 14:44:08 -0900
I don't know if there is any such organization, but I once read a story about an American runner who ran his first 5K or 10K race, which was demarcated in 100 m and 1 km increments. He said he'd never run in a "metric" race before and that the 100 m increments allowed him to better pace himself due to their decimal nature. He said it opened his eyes to the advantages of the metric system. -- Jason
----- Original Message -----
From: Matthew Zotter
To: U.S. Metric Association
Sent: Sunday, December 22, 2002 10:12 AM
Subject: [USMA:24172] running a 5k
2002 DEC 22 SUN
A least 5k runs (5 km race) are common in the USA; but if you run one, the couse tends to still be marked off in miles and a time-caller is at every mile marker. How do you think we can influence runners to want their run speed in minutes per km rather than minutes per mile? Is there a centralized running association in the United States that sets standard or would we have to bother every race coordinater in the country?
V/R
Matthew Zotter
SC, USA
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