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Old 08-10-2017, 12:23 AM
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Originally Posted by skarlorn [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]
1 mile = 1.6 km or 1 km = .6 miles RUFFLY

Always struck me as strange that America is on full Imperial Measurements, but now the UK is using centigrade, metric for most things? Do you guys measure things in feet anymore, swish?

really fucked up state of the world.

Give us the metric system. MAGA!
Britain was always about imperial measurements, then "Europe" being our neighbours and everything there was a movement to push us to centimetres/kilometres/litres/etc.

I grew up learning both, because everyone said their height in feet/inches, and on medical records they went by centimetres. A marathon to me is still 26.2 miles, not 40-whatever kilometres. Kids in the UK still aim to be 6 feet tall, I have friends in their early 20s who use imperial measurements - we just live in a world of both.

KMs are a great way to measure distance if you're just starting running, like a 5km run etc...but I still prefer miles, pints, feet, inches, etc despite knowing both. Gym equipment always seems to be in km/h for speed so I use that. If I'm running outside I do it in miles. It sounds confusing explaining it [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]
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