I remember watching the Sydney Olympics on TV, the men's marathon, and noting the km markings along the way: 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42 ...
Carleton -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stephen Davis Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 13:59 To: U.S. Metric Association Cc: USMA Subject: [USMA:36739] Re: Marathon running! Harry Wyeth wrote: "It is, unfortunately, common for only mile markers to be posted on many courses, but also many courses have no markers at all but only a map posted at the start area." The last Great North Run (and presumably all the previous ones) from Newcastle to South Shields, England used only kilometre markers. As far as I am aware, kilometres are always used for marathon running in the Olympics as well. I'm willing to be corrected but I'm fairly sure I've never come across mile markers in any running events ANYWHERE, certainly not in Europe, anyway. Regards, Steve. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Harry Wyeth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 3:53 PM Subject: [USMA:36737] Marathon running! > I also have run marathons (22) and it is not true that one has to need to > know how long a mile is in order to arrange a suitable pace. There are 42.2 > km in a marathon (42.195 to be picky) , rounded to 40 plus about another ten > minutes or so or running. All you need to know is what your target "10 K" > time is. > > It is, unfortunately, common for only mile markers to be posted on many > courses, but also many courses have no markers at all but only a map posted > at the start area. Usually one can discern where the 10, 20, and 30 km > points are. Our running club here in Grass Valley, California, puts on a 10 > km race each year where only km signs are visible, and there are 9 of them. > > One can also use 3 miles as an approximate 5 km mark. > > HARRY WYETH >
