26.2 or 42.2 - say for tattoo purposes....

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42.2 or 26.2

42.2 kms
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26.2 miles
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26.2 or 42.2 - say for tattoo purposes....

Postby toobusy » Fri Apr 03, 2009 6:40 pm

Looking for that picture, I saw a conversation re: marathon distance and tatoos.

So do you think of it as 26.2 miles or 42.2 km?
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Postby Dr. S » Fri Apr 03, 2009 6:49 pm

I'm a miles girl.

I use Rob's itsmyrun but gotta convert units after each run!
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Postby MINITEE » Fri Apr 03, 2009 6:52 pm

I vote 42.2 just for my own purpose. While I technically "did it" in the USA, (well, there is that 10K or so in Canada) I will honour that with a star. But I am a Canadian Kick A$$ chick at heart :D
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Postby VeloCarrie » Fri Apr 03, 2009 6:55 pm

I couldn't even tell you how far a 'mile' is. Canadian km here! 8) Anyways, it sounds farther. :D
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Postby Ken B » Fri Apr 03, 2009 7:15 pm

Miles for me. Of course I am of the generation where metric was an unknown system. It took me years to get used to it.

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Postby Jwolf » Fri Apr 03, 2009 7:35 pm

I didn't vote-- I use both, or one or the other, depending on the situation. I train in kilometres but some races are marked in miles. I don't care either way. When people ask me how long a marathon is, I answer either "42 kilometres" or "26 miles" depending on what country I'm in and sometimes the age of the questioner. I leave out the 0.2 part because that sounds a bit pretentious. :)

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Postby Run26.2 » Fri Apr 03, 2009 8:55 pm

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Postby Irongirl » Fri Apr 03, 2009 9:30 pm

when I think of a marathon - I think 26.2 - but, when i'm actually training or running one - it's 42.2 (if that makes any sense).

I voted 26.2
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Postby moof324 » Fri Apr 03, 2009 10:33 pm

26.2, but only b/c if I refer to anything here in km, people (everyone except DH) look at me with crazy-person glassy eyes. Running Paris last year was great--km markers make everything go way faster!!!
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Postby CinC » Sat Apr 04, 2009 12:54 am

I refer to it both ways but chose the metric for the tat.
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Postby ultraslacker » Sat Apr 04, 2009 1:13 am

I use miles because they are big and tough. Km's are small and wimpy. :)

just kidding. I use miles because I started on a treadmill and they are in miles... and my first program (higdon) was in miles. and they're big and tough. :P
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Postby La » Sat Apr 04, 2009 7:39 am

When I see the title of this thread, I'm reminded of 25 or 6 to 4. :lol:
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Postby Jo-Jo » Sat Apr 04, 2009 7:51 am

Jwolf wrote:I didn't vote-- I use both, or one or the other, depending on the situation. I train in kilometres but some races are marked in miles. I don't care either way. When people ask me how long a marathon is, I answer either "42 kilometres" or "26 miles" depending on what country I'm in and sometimes the age of the questioner. I leave out the 0.2 part because that sounds a bit pretentious. :)


Same here with one "important" difference. :D

I always put the .2 part in :D :wink:
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Postby Jwolf » Sat Apr 04, 2009 7:53 am

Dr. S wrote:I use Rob's itsmyrun but gotta convert units after each run!


There should be a way to set the program up in miles. Might have to bug the man a bit...

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Postby eljeffe » Sat Apr 04, 2009 8:19 am

I occasionally use miles in training, just to get a round milestone. I will run 3, 10, 13, or 20 milers and think of them as that. But on race day, its all about the kms. I don't read the race markers, so it doesn't matter to me if they are statute or metric.

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Postby Strider » Sat Apr 04, 2009 8:25 am

26.2 miles
21.1 km
10 miles
10 km
5km

I log everything in kms

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Postby dgrant » Sat Apr 04, 2009 9:03 am

I'm like Jwolf, I say miles or kilometres according to audience. But I always say the ".2", just to subtly imply the fact that marathons are a specific, standard distance and not any long run.

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Postby Jo-Jo » Sat Apr 04, 2009 9:12 am

dgrant wrote:I'm like Jwolf, I say miles or kilometres according to audience. But I always say the ".2", just to subtly imply the fact that marathons are a specific, standard distance and not any long run.


I think that's why I do it too.
I'm always surprised at how many people ask.."so how long was that marathon you ran"...lots of people seem to think of any running race as a marathon.
Even before I was a runner I knew what a marathon distance was...and vowed never to do something so crazy :roll: :roll:

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Postby runjanerun » Sat Apr 04, 2009 9:34 am

I am very screwed up. I always think of the distance in kms. I don't think of a half as 13 miles. When we train by pace outside we train as running 6:30 min kms or 7 min kms. But when I train on the treadmill (which is rarely these days), I run in MPH. So 6 miles per hour or whatever. I can't figure out how many KPH I run on the TM for some strange reason.

My first marathon (NCM) it was in kms and I knew exactly where I was. My second (Disney) I was so confused about how far I had gone and how much I had left. And it seemed SO FAR from one mile marker to the next, because I kept thinking in kms.

I won't get a tattoo but if I did, it would be in kms because that is how I think (and it sounds further even if it isn't :lol: )

I have found the people at work that don't exercise think anything over 5K is a marathon.
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Postby Jwolf » Sat Apr 04, 2009 9:38 am

runjanerun wrote:I have found the people at work that don't exercise think anything over 5K is a marathon.


Yeah, which is why the 0.2 sounds so funny.

I once answered, "42.2 kilometres" and the person seemed to roll their eyes at the precision of the answer. :) I never did that again.

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Postby cgraham » Sat Apr 04, 2009 10:00 am

Actually, its 42.195, as every race in Japan points out (the Tokyo marathon site is tokyo42195.org)

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Postby ultraslacker » Sat Apr 04, 2009 10:48 am

I usually say the .2 as well... it's important!
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Postby turd ferguson » Sat Apr 04, 2009 10:57 am

Definitely 26.2

If you say to anyone of my age "26.2 miles" they know that means a marathon, 42.2 kilometers doesn't mean anything.

This is my bumper sticker:

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42.2 just wouldn't have the same meaning
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Postby ultraslacker » Sat Apr 04, 2009 11:02 am

Mike Runs wrote:Definitely 26.2

If you say to anyone of my age "26.2 miles" they know that means a marathon, 42.2 kilometers doesn't mean anything.

This is my bumper sticker:

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42.2 just wouldn't have the same meaning


If I didn't detest bumper stickers, that's the one I'd have too!

eta: maybe I'll get a sticker for my laptop.
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Postby turd ferguson » Sat Apr 04, 2009 11:07 am

ultraslacker wrote:
Mike Runs wrote:Definitely 26.2

If you say to anyone of my age "26.2 miles" they know that means a marathon, 42.2 kilometers doesn't mean anything.

This is my bumper sticker:

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42.2 just wouldn't have the same meaning


If I didn't detest bumper stickers, that's the one I'd have too!

eta: maybe I'll get a sticker for my laptop.


I needed something to go over my Bush/Cheney stickers.
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