2003-01-02 Yes, I meant to say they have been in metres and have not been in yards since the 70's. All running events of 400 m or more are in increments of 400 m. There is no 1 km or 1.5 km event. There is 400 m, 800 m, 1200 m, 1600 m, 2000 m, etc.
These are not "conversions" of FFU, but set up this way assuming a single lap around the track is 400 m. Thus 1600 m is exactly 4 times around the track. John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Harry Wyeth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, 2003-01-02 00:41 Subject: Re: [USMA:24316] Re: A new year metric project > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: kilopascal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: U.S. Metric Association <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, January 01, 2003 18:30 > Subject: [USMA:24316] Re: A new year metric project > > > > 2003-01-01 > > > > Here in Ohio, track distances have not been in metres since the 70's. The > > only people who still mention yards are those who went to school in the > 60s > > or before. > > > > John > > > John, > > Are you talking about running track distances? If so, don't you mean that > they haven't been in YARDS since the '70s? Here in Calif., and elsewhere as > far as I know, running distances in track events have been metric for a > couple of decades now. > > HARRY WYETH >
