[USMA:36752] Re: Marathon running!

[Stephen Humphreys]

I can only talk for the London marathon and the Windsor half-marathon (the 
only two I have witnessed) which are marked in miles.

From: "Stephen Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: "Stephen Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <usma@ColoState.EDU>
CC: "USMA" <usma@ColoState.EDU>
Subject: [USMA:36739] Re: Marathon running!
Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 18:59:03 +0100

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.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Harry Wyeth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <usma@colostate.edu>
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
>