Well, then it is time to find someone else to certify the course. Send him the message that if he can't do it the right way, then his services are not needed.
Jerry ________________________________ From: Harry Wyeth <[email protected]> To: U.S. Metric Association <[email protected]> Cc: U.S. Metric Association <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 1:31:15 PM Subject: [USMA:44897] RE: Boston Marathon results in metric Here in Grass Valley, CA, the Sierra Trailblazers RC puts on a Draft Horse Classic 10 km (a "10 K", as they say) race each September, and distances are marked in km only. But this is thanks to yours truly and handmade signs, and it often seems a lonely effort. But we did get favorable comments last year on this aspect of the race. It is frustrating that I work with a real estate guy who also has surveying experience in setting up the course, and it like pulling teeth to get him to work in meters rather than feet. HARRY WYETH Kim, Rich (ECY) wrote: I’ve run in some 12k and half-marathon runs around the Pacific Northwest (USA) and have never seen kilometer markers, even in the runs that are 12 kilometers. It’s good though, that they standardized some races at 12 kilometers, for example Bloomsday which is this Sunday. My guess is that I don’t think we’ll see kilometers on smaller, local running events until the US changes to the metric system for road distances. . ______________ ____ | | RICH KIM, Spatial Database Administrator \ | | | Washington State Department of Ecology, GIS | // | P.O. Box 47600, Olympia, Washington USA 98504 | * Olympia | Phone: (360) 407-6121; Fax: (360) 407-6493 \ _____| E-Mail: [email protected] `---------' http://www.ecy.wa.gov/services/gis/index.html
