I've always tracked my distances in miles on my Garmin nd since this is my first year of triathlons I've noticed that alot of the events are displayed in km.
what do you train in?
Should I change to km?
I know it wont hurt me if I carry on training in miles but surely some bennifit changing to km?
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Rw
I don't "get" that people who are taught in metric, and live in a metric world (bar pints & miles) work in imperial units. where's the rationale??
as it happens I'm like NLR and can swap between the 2 easily enough but prefer the simplicity of metric.
and all tri events are based in metric 'cos quite simply it's the ITU as an international org who call the shots, and the BTF follow
Outlaw had mile markers on the run (well, 5 mile markers to be exact). Mind you, on an IM run they could use miles, km, furlongs, perches or whatever, as long as it gives a vague idea of how far through and breaks it into manageable chunks I don't really care.
I've never really understood the logic of a 10km race that has mile markers, to be honest.
when I was a kid, many sweets were 4 for a 1d, jubblies were 4d, a big bag of chips was a tanner (6d) and beer was 1s 6d a pint (that's 7.5p for the kids btw) when I started drinking at 15.
decimal is so much easier than fractions
I have to say I still drink in pints though....
As for training, usually miles but I am moving over to km. Mainly coz I only understand bike climbing in metres and it seems silly to do the distance in miles and garmin doesn't do both at the same time.
Though more often than not, how much it hurts and where the cheeseburgers are. The words of a lazy trainer!
only when I get to 8 - and that's into falling over territory these days..........
There was a thing on the telly about magic numbers which scientist recognise straight away. It's the same with runners. 6'52 = min per mile for 3 hour marathon. 6'25= min per mile for 40 minute 10k.
really NLR? educate me.. do you mean the width of the start line to make sure there is enough space for everyone?
I use both as I lived in Spain so everything was in KM over there. I usually work in Miles now to allow people at my club to understand me!
My wife (Spanish) has to convert to pesatas when the cost of something gets high. Houses are discussed in old money as they say!
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