It is informally used in US local sport events. All High School Track and
Field events use increments of 400 m so 1600 m is used instead of 1500 m.
Both are sometimes referred to as a metric mile. You've never heard of
this?
Dan
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From: "Stephen Humphreys" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, 2005-06-10 03:52
Subject: [USMA:33153] RE: Bright secrets
<<we see 1500 m being called a metric mile in sports.>>
I'm not aware of this - which countries and/or sports do this?
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