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The International Olympic Committee agreed in 1907 that the distance for the 1908 London Olympic marathon would be about 25 miles or 40 kilometers. The organizers decided on a course of 26 miles from the start at Windsor Castle to the royal entrance to the White City Stadium , followed by a lap (586 yards 2 feet; 536 m) of the track, finishing ...
Heartbreak Hill is an ascent over 0.4 miles (600 m) between the 20- and 21-mile (32- and 34-km) marks, near Boston College. It is the last of four " Newton hills", which begin at the 16-mile (26 km) mark and challenge contestants with late (if modest) climbs after the course's general downhill trend to that point.
The most common distances are 50 kilometres (31.07 mi), 50 miles (80.47 km), 100 kilometres (62.14 mi), 100 miles (160.93 km), and continue up to the longest certified race distance of 3100 miles. [1] Timed events range from 6, 12, and 24 hours to 3, 6, and 10 days (known as Multiday races). Timed events are generally run on a track or a short ...
A half marathon is a road running event of 21.0975 kilometres (13 miles 192.5 yards)—half the distance of a marathon. [1] It is common for a half marathon event to be held concurrently with a marathon or a 5K race, using almost the same course with a late start, an early finish, or shortcuts. [2]
1 square yard = 9 square feet; 1 square mile = 3,097,600 square yards = 27,878,400 square feet; In addition, conversion factors include: 1 square inch = 6.4516 square centimetres; 1 square foot = 0.092 903 04 square metres; 1 square yard = 0.836 127 36 square metres; 1 square mile = 2.589 988 110 336 square kilometres
an eighth of a Roman mile diaulos: δίαυλος: 2 stadia 369.9 m (404.5 yd) double pipe hippikon ἱππικόν: 4 stadia 739.7 m (808.9 yd) length of a hippodrome [5] milion μίλιον: 8 stadia 1.479 km (1,617 yd) Roman mile: dolichos [4] δόλιχος: 12 stadia 2.219 km (1.379 mi) long race parasanges, or league [6 ...
Roman milestone in modern Austria (AD 201), indicating a distance of 28 Roman miles (~41 km) to Teurnia. The basic unit of Roman linear measurement was the pes (plural: pedes) or Roman foot. Investigation of its relation to the English foot goes back at least to 1647, when John Greaves published his Discourse on the Romane foot.
The 10,000-metre track race is usually distinguished from its road running counterpart, the 10K run, by referring to the distance in metres rather than kilometres. The 10,000 metres is the longest standard track event, approximately equivalent to 6 miles 376 yards or 32,808 feet 5 inches.