Is 2.4 seconds the accepted conversion for 3200/2 Mile? That seems a bit low
given that I've always seen 0.7 seconds as the 800/880 conversion.
Ed Koch
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Date: Monday, June 18, 2001 9:27 AM
Subject: RE: t-and-f: what's the best HS distance medley of all-time?
>Given that the generally accepted conversion for the 3200-2 mile is 2.4
>seconds, I would take the position that the 9:49.78 is vastly superior
given
>that it is only about 800 meters farther.
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>South Lakes 9:49.78 at the distance medley broke the 14-year-old HSR of
>9:53.31 by McCullough.
>
>However,. back in 1977 South Eugene ran a 10:01.6 when the legs were at
>non-metric yard distances.
>
>What's the conversion factor and which mark is intrinsically superior?
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>Marty Post
>Senior Editor
>Runner's World Magazine
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