[amphkingwest]

Originally Posted by Krusty_Clown

Fixed your post. Isn't the Ironman (pinnacle of all things triathlon) measured in 70.3 and 140.6?

The two events half & full distance are referred to as '70.3' and 'Ironman' yet (this side of the Atlantic) are always referred to and broken down in km as 1.9 / 90 / 21.1 or 3.8 / 180 / 42.2.

Originally Posted by Krusty_Clown

I'm pretty sure that the word 'kilometerage' is not in anyone's regular vocabulary.

Was gonna suggest 'kilometerage' just doesn't roll off the tongue quite like 'mileage'.

[neilc]

Originally Posted by RacoonQueen

I'm the same - can't get running pace in km at all, I sit there trying to figure out if they were running fast or not. Don't get why people change their watch to km's for a race thats measured in kms either. Just leave it set at miles and pace yourself by the mile alerts.

I changed my garmin to k's for the first time ever in Dunshaughlin last week and actually found it great. Was targeting 4:00 k's so the maths during the race worked out much easier. Funny thing was though I forgot to put it back to miles for my next training run, hadn't a clue what was going on, spent the first mile trying to work out how to turn it back

[plodder]

I couldn't say how many feet, yards or furlongs there are in a mile, but I do know the difference between 7:00 min/mile pace and 8:00 min/mile and that's all that matters imo. Look at tyre measurements (diameter in inches and width in millimetres). The systems can co-exist

[Brianderunner]

What about our 10 mile/5 mile pb's? They will become redundant. It will be 8k, 15k, etc.

Km may have been force fed to us the last few years in Ireland but its not everywhere. Look at horseracing, thats still in furlongs and miles.

I cant see the US switching to Km's in the next 100 years, the common person over there has no idea how far 1km is.

[fiddy3]

Originally Posted by ecoli

Good point. But can you name any athlete at the Championships who has used km in an interview regarding their training

Even track elites refer to their training as mileage and I cannot think of any interview or discussion with any elite track athlete who has used km's in discussion of their training

That's probably because you read a lot of news concerning American and British athletes. The majority of athletes at the Europeans will work in KM, not miles, in terms of training. The Spanish, Russians, French, Italians, for example, all train using Kilometres. From what I read of Kenyans and Ethiopians, they are the same, always saying what pace they run per kilometre, not per mile. In fact, the vast majority of the running world deal in kilometres, it's just that in Ireland we consume so much media from the UK and US that miles seem to be more popular than they are. They'll die out eventually, but not any time soon.

[walshb]

No matter what measure is used the most famous and prestigious race will always be the mile. Screw you, metric!

[Condo131]

Originally Posted by ecoli

But thats crazy talk 1600m races way to close to the mile to not run the extra 9m the whole time

....9.344!!

[TFBubendorfer]

Originally Posted by walshb

No matter what measure is used the most famous and prestigious race will always be the mile.

What year are you in, 1955?

[walshb]

Originally Posted by TFBubendorfer

What year are you in, 1955?

Not quite.

There's a scene in Minority Report where Agatha (Samantha Morton) talks about Anderton's son. She mentions that he loves to run. "He runs the two mile and the long relay." She said this in the year 2054.

[Pisco Sour]

Originally Posted by Brianderunner

What about our 10 mile/5 mile pb's? They will become redundant. It will be 8k, 15k, etc.

Km may have been force fed to us the last few years in Ireland but its not everywhere. Look at horseracing, thats still in furlongs and miles.

I cant see the US switching to Km's in the next 100 years, the common person over there has no idea how far 1km is.

In Australia you will not find a 5 mile or 10 mile race anywhere (or if you do find one you it would be a rarity). It's all 8km and 15km here.

[Pisco Sour]

Originally Posted by walshb

No matter what measure is used the most famous and prestigious race will always be the mile. Screw you, metric!

The mile isn't that prestigious anymore. They rarely run them anymore. Certainly not to the same degree they did back in the 50s - 90s.

[Pisco Sour]

Originally Posted by fiddy3

That's probably because you read a lot of news concerning American and British athletes. The majority of athletes at the Europeans will work in KM, not miles, in terms of training. The Spanish, Russians, French, Italians, for example, all train using Kilometres. From what I read of Kenyans and Ethiopians, they are the same, always saying what pace they run per kilometre, not per mile. In fact, the vast majority of the running world deal in kilometres, it's just that in Ireland we consume so much media from the UK and US that miles seem to be more popular than they are. They'll die out eventually, but not any time soon.

Agreed. I wouldn't base the whole world around Letsrun. Christ, from reading that site you'd swear Galen Rupp was the second coming of Jesus Christ! Absolutely ridiculous hype over guys who will not medal in London (IMO) while no talk about all the brilliant athletes they have who WILL medal at the Games.

[foxyboxer]

Bannister et al didn't pre-occupy themselves with trying to break the "1.609344 kilometer" barrier.

It's a similar frustration to those of us who play golf. Yards vs Metres.

Being a 'yards' man, playing a course designated with Metres is a pain in the proverbial.

[ecoli]

Originally Posted by Pisco Sour

Agreed. I wouldn't base the whole world around Letsrun. Christ, from reading that site you'd swear Galen Rupp was the second coming of Jesus Christ! Absolutely ridiculous hype over guys who will not medal in London (IMO) while no talk about all the brilliant athletes they have who WILL medal at the Games.

Who said I was. Despite your reference to Oz races in Km you will find that most training talk still comes in terms of mileage:

http://forum.runnerstribe.com/viewfo...d48bbb082af7b3

Reading an article a while ago on Yuki Kawauchi translated from a Tokyo newspaper and he talked how race panned out and how he only made his move around the 20 mile mark (I suppose the translator could have making the conversions themselves)

or sources such as the Kenya Standard,Le Monde and Antonio Cabral are just some sources which sprang to mind.

So the assumption that my perception is derived only from lets run is not quite accurate. Though I take fiddy's point the fact that I am not multilingual does create bit of bias towards english speaking media (and odd bit of French)

[walshb]

Originally Posted by Pisco Sour

The mile isn't that prestigious anymore. They rarely run them anymore. Certainly not to the same degree they did back in the 50s - 90s.

I agree that it is not as prestigious. Still a legendary distance and race.

I could be wrong but I bet if one was one to ask all the great men what distance they would like to have a WR in for their time, either the 1500 or the mile, most would select the mile.