People continue to use M results as their "mile" times but they should report what they ran. I can see individuals making this mistake forever but Meet officials should list the events correctly. The Jimmy Carnes Indoor in January lists results for the "mile".
Is that what was run? Yet they list the M in the events and not the "mile". Is this a widespread pattern or is this usually accurate but I have found an exception? Log in to Reply. These are the core obsessions that drive our newsroom—defining topics of seismic importance to the global economy. Our emails are made to shine in your inbox, with something fresh every morning, afternoon, and weekend.
Today Aug. The 1, meters has been part of the Olympic program since , reflecting the French origins of the modern Olympic movement and its founder, Pierre de Coubertin. But the mile, just meters longer, is a far superior experience for athletes and spectators. While the 1, meters takes three-and-three-quarter laps of a standard meter track, the mile is run in just a shade more than four laps. The symmetry of the four laps makes the mile easy to follow, and is particularly useful when watching elite runners capable of challenging the four-minute mile.
Cheering athletes against the clock, knowing each lap has to be run in under a minute, is one of the great spectacles in track, a sport that has far too few of them. Thanks to Roger Bannister, who famously broke the four-minute mile in , the mile has transcended sport and moved into metaphor.
The four-minute mile is an almost universally recognized benchmark, even if the world record, set in by Hicham El Guerrouj of Morocco, is now an impossibly fast Meanwhile, only die-hard track fans could tell you the time of a world-class 1, The mile makes more sense for the runners, too. Would love to hear what other coaches and athletes think about it. The and are only run in high school and only in some states, not all.
That extra 9. If a kid runs under in the it really doesn't mean anything, but breaking the Mile is something we all know about and understand.
Log in to Reply. Joined: Apr Power User. Joined: Aug Hummmnnn, the , and Would I rather watch those races, or have multiple root canals? Joined: May Why these ever became international distances is beyond me.
Explain to me how they represent any historical distance race. Metric distances up to meters at least are comparable to the races in yards, but the and are significantly shorter than there comparable races.
I would hate to see high schools switch to these shorter races, it would be a lessening of the sport. That translates to a mile , or a 66 second lap around the track. If you can run one lap at this pace, you are a whopping 25 percent of an Olympian. A mile and a 67 second lap. Ignaci Alhassan Pundit. Why is meters the metric mile? In track running, the m race became the standard middle distance race in Europe in the late 19th century, and has been the standard distance in the Olympic Games since The distance of the race is sometimes referred to as a metric mile.
Thus when the mile was run, the race was a four lap race. Karen Rosenzweig Pundit. How many meters is ? Convert 1, Feet to Meters. Brenna Bernabeu Pundit. The 1, meters has been part of the Olympic program since , reflecting the French origins of the modern Olympic movement and its founder, Pierre de Coubertin. Hyon Lakhlifi Teacher. How long is 5km in miles?
Curro Caubilla Teacher. What is the m in track? Jadiyetu Jablonski Supporter. How many miles is 10 laps around a track? Jamila Ponidelko Beginner.
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