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East Midlands Fetch Mile challenge

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Hanneke Apr 2008 10:17am, 7 Apr 2008 31,575 posts	Quote Pin Hanneke Why can't we just work in metres??? Dicth the miles So where is this happening then???
Barky Apr 2008 10:18am, 7 Apr 2008 3,150 posts	Quote Pin Barky Derby Moorways Hann - i'll send you a link
Racin Snail Apr 2008 10:19am, 7 Apr 2008 1,182 posts	Quote Pin Racin Snail a mile is just over 1600m Pixie:-)1606 or something.
EvilPixie Apr 2008 10:21am, 7 Apr 2008 3,111 posts	Quote Pin EvilPixie huh so why does my tready have a "track" that is 400m or 1/4m! heads off to trade descriptions
Racin Snail Apr 2008 10:23am, 7 Apr 2008 1,183 posts	Quote Pin Racin Snail can we have some 100m sprints too Barks? Never done a proper timed 100:-)
CC2 Speedy Goth Apr 2008 10:28am, 7 Apr 2008 325 posts	Quote Pin CC2 Speedy Goth Treadys lie!
EvilPixie Apr 2008 10:32am, 7 Apr 2008 3,112 posts	Quote Pin EvilPixie so it seems CC2! RS 100m sprints sound painfull whichever way you look at the m!
CC2 Speedy Goth Apr 2008 10:33am, 7 Apr 2008 326 posts	Quote Pin CC2 Speedy Goth It's the only way I'll ever get a 100m PB, I'd never dare enter such a short race!
Racin Snail Apr 2008 10:38am, 7 Apr 2008 1,185 posts	Quote Pin Racin Snail just what i was thinkin CC2,would be a bit of fun
Barky Apr 2008 10:39am, 7 Apr 2008 3,151 posts	Quote Pin Barky The History lesson: The mile - or 1760 yards, meant that a track could be 440yards long - so 4 laps! When the metre came into more use on the international scale), we brits had to conform to the international standards - so the metre ceame the basic unit of length. the yard and the metre are NOT the same length - but running round a track 4 times was a good indication of the mile (see above). as a result they made the track 400m long (which is about 402 yards) - and running 4 laps makes it 1600m! But 1600ms aint a mile (as said, 1609m = 1mile) hence they had to add the 9m to make it a mile - thus 4 laps and a bit! Just to confuse matters, the 1500m is often referred to as the metric mile (which is daft as it is 109m short) - and is used as the stndard distance for races (both on the track and in the pool)