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ChrisHB Jan 2017 8:10am, 23 Jan 2017 14,479 posts	Quote Pin ChrisHB still on the subject of gluten-free bread.
Drell Jan 2017 8:31am, 23 Jan 2017 2,077 posts	Quote Pin Drell I'm with you on any form of conversation before breakfast, Chris. And that sounds particularly hard to cope with.
Velociraptor Jan 2017 9:23am, 23 Jan 2017 35,373 posts	Quote Pin Velociraptor The adverts stuffing up my ability to get on Fetch from my work computer. (Fortunately, the CCG magnanimously refrains from policing our Internet access on our personally owned devices.)
Hills of Death (HOD) Jan 2017 9:38am, 23 Jan 2017 33,047 posts	Quote Pin Hills of Death (HOD) Cookery programmes INCLUDING bake off etc (soggy bottom) Goes off to hide
CharlieP Jan 2017 11:48am, 23 Jan 2017 636 posts	Quote Pin CharlieP The term "metric marathon". The marathon distance has been preciselly defined in metric, not imperial, since it was fixed in 1921.
Duchess Jan 2017 12:10pm, 23 Jan 2017 7,350 posts	Quote Pin Duchess Do miles count as metric?
macca 53 Jan 2017 12:12pm, 23 Jan 2017 25,097 posts	Quote Pin macca 53 [I've never heard of a metric marathon - but I'm guessing it's 26km and 385m??]
CharlieP Jan 2017 12:26pm, 23 Jan 2017 637 posts	Quote Pin CharlieP @Duchess - miles aren't metric, although they are exactly defined in metric units (1,609.344 m). For some reason, the IAAF has a slightly different definition of exactly 1,609.32 m). @macca 53 - close, it's 26.2 km.
CharlieP Jan 2017 12:36pm, 23 Jan 2017 640 posts	Quote Pin CharlieP Potted marathon history - the distance used to vary between 40 and 42 km, depending on the course that was picked. In London in 1908 the organisers picked a route of "about 26 miles" (it was actually less than that in reality) finishing in White City Stadium, but changed the configuration of the finish at the last minute, making it "about 26 miles, plus an extra 385 yards". When the IAAF decided it would be a good idea to have a fixed distance, they picked the famous London race as a blueprint, and ignored the "about" part, so the official distance of exactly 42.195 km was born.
Surrey Phil Jan 2017 1:05pm, 23 Jan 2017 1,833 posts	Quote Pin Surrey Phil I was starting to think about the kilomathon (26.2 km) being a metric marathon. Not an event that really appeals to me.