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purple hayes
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 Posted: 01/05/04 - 11:14 Post subject: Thinking in the metric system?
Has running taught you to think in the metric system?
I know before I started running, I had no idea how far a Kilometer was compared to a mile. Since I've started cycling, I can now kind of think in grams and kilograms.
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Pug
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Posted: 01/05/04 - 11:17 Post subject:
Only for shorter distances, like 5k, 8k, 10k. I do conversions there, plus i always end up thinking "1600 meters is not exactly a mile, i have to back up 9 meters for the first lap".
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Running Brewer
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Posted: 01/05/04 - 11:23 Post subject:
nope, engineering taught me the metric system.
I always think in terms of miles for running.
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RangerG
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Posted: 01/05/04 - 11:32 Post subject:
I only think in metric for running races.
Everything else is miles, feet, inches, etc...
I figure the rest of the world will come around to our system at some point, cuz I see no way that the US population is gona change over 200 years of tradition.
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Gogirlgo
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Posted: 01/05/04 - 11:41 Post subject:
Who remembers this phrase: "We'll be metric by 1980!"
The good side of metric: it makes a lot of sense
The bad side of metric: If you're coming from English, it's hard to determine how much a gram or decimeter is.
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msparks
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Posted: 01/05/04 - 11:41 Post subject: Re: Thinking in the metric system?
| purple hayes wrote: | Has running taught you to think in the metric system?
I know before I started running, I had no idea how far a Kilometer was compared to a mile. Since I've started cycling, I can now kind of think in grams and kilograms. |
Nope, but living in Spain for 30 months did...a kilometer was a klick...you didn't buy fresh shrimp by the pound, you bought it by the kilo and boy, was it ever cheap!
I still think in feet, yards, and miles when I run.
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