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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. Furlong - Wikipedia

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    The only thing that changed was the number of feet and yards in a rod or a furlong, and the number of square feet and square yards in an acre. The definition of the rod went from 15 old feet to 16 + 1 ⁄ 2 new feet, or from 5 old yards to 5 + 1 ⁄ 2 new yards. The furlong went from 600 old feet to 660 new feet, or from 200 old yards to 220 ...

  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. Half marathon - Wikipedia

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    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] If finisher medals are awarded, the medal or ...

  6. 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.

  7. Cord (unit) - Wikipedia

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    A cord is the amount of wood that, when "racked and well stowed" (arranged so pieces are aligned, parallel, touching, and compact), occupies a volume of 128 cubic feet (3.62 m 3). [1] This corresponds to a well-stacked woodpile 4 feet (122 cm) high, 8 feet (244 cm) wide, and 4 feet (122 cm) deep; or any other arrangement of linear measurements ...

  8. 10K run - Wikipedia

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    The mass public race at the 2012 London 10000 race Amateur runners completing the very large 2006 Peachtree Road Race. The 10K run is a long-distance road running competition over a distance of ten kilometres (6.2 miles).

  9. Yard - Wikipedia

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    The yard (symbol: yd) [3] [4] is an English unit of length in both the British imperial and US customary systems of measurement equalling 3 feet or 36 inches. Since 1959 it has been by international agreement standardized as exactly 0.9144 meter. A distance of 1,760 yards is equal to 1 mile. The US survey yard is very slightly longer.