What is 35K? Why not report Marathon in MIles?

nostimes wrote:

[quote]heard not seen wrote:

I do find it funny that metric race distances (5,10, 15k) get mile splits and an imperial distance race gets K splits.

A marathon isn't necessarily an imperial distance, it's 42.2 km. It's not really a rounded number in either system.[/quote]

it's 42.195km

Fail Fail Fail

RE: What is 35K? Why not report Marathon in MIles? 9/20/2009 10:02AM - in reply to metric system

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Mlles = "short-hand" for milliliters, but mL is the abbreviation.

Kurtbertil

RE: What is 35K? Why not report Marathon in MIles? 9/20/2009 10:07AM - in reply to Nancy Pelosis

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I feel the same way when you post milesplits.

Why not put everything in km split like a real man.

grocer

RE: What is 35K? Why not report Marathon in MIles? 9/20/2009 10:33AM - in reply to Nancy Pelosis

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K is an abbreviation for kelvin.

km is the abbreviation for kilometer.

r.t.i.

RE: What is 35K? Why not report Marathon in MIles? 9/20/2009 10:42AM - in reply to heard not seen

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The marathon is not "an imperial distance race."

heard not seen wrote:

I do find it funny that metric race distances (5,10, 15k) get mile splits and an imperial distance race gets K splits.

metric system

RE: What is 35K? Why not report Marathon in MIles? 9/20/2009 10:46AM - in reply to grocer

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grocer wrote:

K is an abbreviation for kelvin.

km is the abbreviation for kilometer.

it's Km

Nutella

RE: What is 35K? Why not report Marathon in MIles? 9/20/2009 11:46AM - in reply to heard not seen

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heard not seen wrote:

I do find it funny that metric race distances (5,10, 15k) get mile splits and an imperial distance race gets K splits.

Ah yeah. I remeber my first 5k in America. Where was the freakin km mark? Haha. I tried to do the maths while racing. :)

a miler

RE: What is 35K? Why not report Marathon in MIles? 9/20/2009 12:39PM - in reply to metric system

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metric system wrote:

[quote]grocer wrote:

K is an abbreviation for kelvin.

km is the abbreviation for kilometer.

it's Km[/quote]

Not so sir. k stands for kilo, which is lower case in metric notation. Captial letters start at mega (M).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilo-

imma real man

RE: What is 35K? Why not report Marathon in MIles? 9/20/2009 12:47PM - in reply to Kurtbertil

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Kurtbertil wrote:

I feel the same way when you post milesplits.

Why not put everything in km split like a real man.

So, you want to bring up the real man thing again? Ok.

Criteria for being a real man:

1) Military service

2) Primary caretaker for elderly or disabled person that's NOT your vocation -- so like a parent or other family member.

3) Worker in some way in a war zone -- construction, journalist, whatever.

4) Married, active father to 2-4 children. You must live in the same house with those children and the mother, and you must take care of them financially and emotionally. You can't be a BAD father and be a man. You also do not have to procreate. You could be a father to them by adoption or marriage (wife had kids from previous marriage for example). Need at least 2 to fully feel what it's like to be a father, and more than 4 just allows the kids to take care of themselves too much, so 2-4 kids is the range. Now, if you had 4 and then one moves out and you had a 5th, then I'd accept that.

Those are the main ways to be a man. I would consider others if you want to provide them.

A single guy though who never has children and works to support himself and his lifestyle and doesn't fall into any of the other criteria I spelled out isn't a real man in my opinion. To be a real man requires serious responsibility, and that isn't fully realized for most people unless they are a GOOD father to 2-4 children.

jsquire

RE: What is 35K? Why not report Marathon in MIles? 9/20/2009 3:03PM - in reply to Fail Fail Fail

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Fail Fail Fail wrote:

Mlles = "short-hand" for milliliters, but mL is the abbreviation.

No. Mlles is the abbreviation for Mesdemoiselles, the plural form of Mademoiselle. Keep your Frenchy shortcuts straight!

tapemeasurer

RE: What is 35K? Why not report Marathon in MIles? 9/20/2009 4:12PM - in reply to Track Fan

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35km=21 miles 1316 yards 1 foot 5 inches

Track Fan wrote:

I cannot believe you cannot figure out how far 35K is. Use your head, if 20k is 12.4 miles and 15k is 9.3 miles then just add the 2 together and 35k comes out to be 21.7 miles, actually is more like 21.75 miles, 1/4 short of 22 miles.

dukerdog

RE: What is 35K? Why not report Marathon in MIles? 9/20/2009 5:49PM - in reply to r.t.i.

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heard not seen wrote:
I do find it funny that metric race distances (5,10, 15k) get mile splits and an imperial distance race gets K splits.

r.t.i. wrote:
The marathon is not "an imperial distance race."

"The Polytechnic Harriers decided to start the Olympic marathon in front of the Royal apartments at Windsor Castle and end it on the track at White City Stadium in front of the Royal Box, a distance that turned out to be 26 miles, 385 yards."

It doesn't get much more imperial than that!!

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