[USMA:36736] RE: Jade: I didn't know how long a mile was!

[Stephen Humphreys]

My wife is a marathon runner and as a matter of course she, along with 
others in the marathon training community knows how long a mile is. The 
"pacing" technique leading up to a marathon means you need to know. She is 
currently pacing the 10 mile stage. (She also has totally no interest in the 
"measurements" debate, by the way).
I'm not a marathon runner but I, along with countless others, would be able 
to answer a question like "How far do you travel to work each day?" in miles 
with some degree of accuracy.
Similarly those familiar with kilometres would be able to answer the same 
question.
Neither would be able to answer with scientific accuracy, obviously.
Incidentally - you may be aware of the yearly national charity event called 
"run a mile" which is coming up soon.  Somehow I doubt people will be 
saying, "Heck, how can we do that? I don't know what a mile is"

Apart from "genius extraordinaire" Jade Goody.


From: "Stephen Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: Re: [USMA:36733] RE: I didn't know how long a mile was!
Date: Tue, 9 May 2006 19:49:54 +0100

How many Brits (never mind Jade Goody) knows how long a mile is?

In paces or yards?

Regards,

Steve.
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From: "Stephen Humphreys" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <usma@colostate.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2006 10:03 AM
Subject: [USMA:36733] RE: I didn't know how long a mile was!


> It would be unfair to put Jade Goody across as a good argument for 
anything
> without explaining a little bit about the young "lady" to those who will 
not
> know her as (unfortunately) well as a Brit.
>
> It's summed up in wikipedia:
>
> "Goody's fame may be also due in part due to various quotes portraying 
her
> as being extremely uneducated and ignorant, and a symbol of British chav
> culture. She is considered a representative for the perceived attitudes 
of
> the British public towards deliberate apathy, trivia, and dumbing down."
>
> If you asked her what a centimetre was should probably scream and say 
"take
> it away, get rid of it, I hate creepy crawlies"
>
>
>
> >From: "Stephen Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Reply-To: "Stephen Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >To: "U.S. Metric Association" <usma@colostate.edu>
> >Subject: [USMA:36732] I didn't know how long a mile was!
> >Date: Mon, 8 May 2006 17:24:48 +0100
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >   04 May 2006
> >   Goody confused about marathon length
> >   Former 'Big Brother' star Jade Goody has admitted that she only 
agreed
> >to run the London Marathon for charity because she didn't know how long 
a
> >mile was.
> >
> >   Goody collapsed after running 21 miles of the 26-mile race and was
> >treated for exhaustion afterwards.
> >
> >   Speaking on television show 'This Morning', she said: "I don't 
really
> >understand miles. I didn't actually know how far it was going to be."
> >
> >   "I'll be honest, I didn't take it seriously which is really bad of 
me
> >because there's people out there who actually want to do the marathon," 
she
> >said.
> >
> >   "I didn't realise how much commitment the marathon was. I had four
> >training sessions, that's all I did. At most I could run half an hour 
on a
> >treadmill," Goody said.
> >
> >   "I was expecting to do five miles, not even more than that, so I 
think I
> >did extremely well to get to 21 miles."
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >         RELATED STORIES
> >         Goody collapses during London Marathon, 24 April 2006
> >
> >
> >         03/05/2006 - 19:14:36
> >
> >         Jade Goody has admitted she agreed to run the London Marathon
> >because she didn’t know how long a mile was.
> >
> >         The dippy Big Brother winner collapsed 21 miles into the 
26-mile
> >race and had to be treated for exhaustion by paramedics.
> >
> >         She told ITV1’s This Morning: “I don’t really understand 
miles. I
> >didn’t actually know how far it was going to be.”
> >
> >         Before the race she had just four training sessions – and ate 
a
> >diet of curry and Chinese takeaways.
> >
> >         “I’ll be honest, I didn’t take it seriously which is really 
bad of
> >me because there’s people out there who actually want to do the 
marathon,”
> >said Jade, 25.
> >
> >         “I didn’t realise how much commitment the marathon was. I had 
four
> >training sessions, that’s all I did. At most I could run half an hour 
on a
> >treadmill.
> >
> >         “I was expecting to do five miles, not even more than that, so 
I
> >think I did extremely well to get to 21 miles.”
> >
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