I just ran the Turkey Trot in Clearwater, FL and I can tell you that there were only mile markers, not kilometers, posted. And the markers didn't specify which units they were using. To make matters worse, the first mile marker was down so I didn't see it and by the time I saw the second mile marker, I thought it meant 2 km to go (which was pretty close to the actual distance left). But, my Nike+ is set to kilometers so I did a fully metric 5 km despite their efforts to force me into miles. - Andrew Winn
On Nov 25, 2010, at 1:03 PM, "John M. Steele" <[email protected]> wrote: > Well, this seemed more metric than that other Turkey Trot: > *The Detroit Free Press described it as 10 K and 5 K races (with a > parenthetical 3.1 miles for the 5K) > http://www.freep.com/article/20101125/NEWS01/101125006/1001/rss01 > > *The organizers describe it as 10K and 5K races (there is also a 1 mile) > http://www.theparade.org/turkeytrot/index.php > > I was feeling pretty smug that Detroit knew how to be more metric than > Sacramento. > > Imagine my surprise when I look at the USATF Course Certification Map. Only > mile markers are placed, and all the instructions for starts, finishes, > turnarounds, etc are laid out in feet from landmark infrastructure. > http://www.theparade.org/docs/turkeytrot/SanctionMap10km.pdf > Does USATF normally lay out metric courses in Customary? That just seems to > add another layer of complexity.
