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  2. Marathon - Wikipedia

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    Full recovery is reached within three months. The fitter the runner, the less the effect. The runners with decreased left ventricle function had an average peak weekly training distance of 55.1 km (34.2 mi), while those who did not averaged 69.1 km (42.9 mi). The marathon was held in 35 °C (95 °F) weather.

  3. Units of measurement in transportation - Wikipedia

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    kilometre (km) or kilometer is a metric unit used, outside the US, to measure the length of a journey; the international statute mile (mi) is used in the US; 1 mi = 1.609344 km; nautical mile is rarely used to derive units of transportation quantity.

  4. Kos (unit) - Wikipedia

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    Kos may also refer to roughly 1.8 kilometres (1.1 mi) [6] Arthashastra standard unit of kos or krosha is equal to 3075 metres in SI units and 1.91 miles in imperial units. [ 7 ] [ dubious – discuss ]

  5. List of world records in athletics - Wikipedia

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    In road events, the course is not required to be a circuit, but the overall decrease in elevation between the start and finish shall not exceed 1:1000, i.e. 1 m/km. In road events, the start and finish points of a course, measured along a theoretical straight line between them, shall not be further apart than 50% of the race distance.

  6. Long-distance running - Wikipedia

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    While there are debates around the accuracy of this historical legend, [16] whether Pheidippides ran from Marathon to Athens or between other cities, how far this was, and if he was the one to deliver the victory message, [17] the marathon running event of 26.2 miles / 42.195 km is based on this legend.

  7. Middle-distance running - Wikipedia

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    The standard middle distances are the 800 metres, 1500 metres and mile run, although the 3000 metres may also be classified as a middle-distance event. [1] The 1500 m came about as a result of running 3 + 3 ⁄ 4 laps of a 400 m outdoor track or 7 + 1 ⁄ 2 laps of a 200 m indoor track, [ 2 ] which were commonplace in continental Europe in the ...

  8. Livestock grazing comparison - Wikipedia

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    Livestock grazing comparison units are used by many governments to measure and control the intensity of farming. For example, until 2004 the UK Government had an extensification scheme which paid additional subsidy to farmers who kept their livestock at less than an average of 1.4 LUs per hectare.

  9. Yojana - Wikipedia

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    1 yava (width of barley grain of medium size) [11] 8 yava 1 aṅgula (finger-breadth) Estimated between 1.73 cm (0.68 inches) to 1.91 cm (0.75 inches). [12] [note 4] 6 finger 1 pada (the breadth of a foot) other sources define this unit differently: see Pada (foot) 2 pada 1 vitasti (span or distance between the tip of the forefinger and wrist) [13]