26.2 or 42.2 - say for tattoo purposes....
26.2 or 42.2 - say for tattoo purposes....
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?
So do you think of it as 26.2 miles or 42.2 km?
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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
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I couldn't even tell you how far a 'mile' is. Canadian km here! Anyways, it sounds farther.
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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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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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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
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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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.
I always put the .2 part in
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26.2 miles
21.1 km
10 miles
10 km
5km
I log everything in kms
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21.1 km
10 miles
10 km
5km
I log everything in kms
just the way I am
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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
Never....such a big word
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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 )
I have found the people at work that don't exercise think anything over 5K is a marathon.
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 )
I have found the people at work that don't exercise think anything over 5K is a marathon.
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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:
42.2 just wouldn't have the same meaning
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:
42.2 just wouldn't have the same meaning
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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:
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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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:
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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