Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Miles and kilometers


As an American having been raised on the U.S. system of measurement, I find the metric system particularly vexing.

Being a runner helps with calculations, though, as many races are measured in kilometers.  I know that the marathon is 26.2 miles but also 42 kilometers, so as we passed the sign above, I thought, oh. we're only a marathon and a half from Kempten.

1 comment:

  1. I've always done the same thing! Except I do my calculations based on a 5K.

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