I was going to post this question in the 40 min. mile thread, but thought it might be too much of a diversion. But the mention of 1600 m. as a mile gave rise to my question. How does 1600 meters compare to, say, 1800 yards distance-wise? I've always used 1800 as my measure of a mile, since it wouldn't be too practical to stop 10 yards into the lap after 1760. ;)
I've also heard people refer to 1650 yards as a "pool mile." So now I have to admit I'm a little confused as to what in fact is universally accepted as a mile and what mile measure then applies to open water. I don't mind "erring" on the longer side, since if it's shorter than I think, I'll suddenly be faster! :D
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Allen the reason is there was really never meant to be a mile. It was invented by some brit.
Maybe his name was Foot. He was probably six feet tall, measured by the length of his foot. He divided the foot by twelve and found the segments and named them inches. He took a large step and found that it was three feet long. He then called that a yard. He stepped off the Canadian Foot Ball field and found out that it was a 110 large steps, that makes a football field in Canada is 110 yards long nearly 100mts long. He went to Bufallo and found out that the footbal field there is only 100 yards or 300 big steps.
Have a look here en.wikipedia.org/.../Foot_(unit_of_length)
Allen the reason is there was really never meant to be a mile. It was invented by some brit.
Maybe his name was Foot. He was probably six feet tall, measured by the length of his foot. He divided the foot by twelve and found the segments and named them inches. He took a large step and found that it was three feet long. He then called that a yard. He stepped off the Canadian Foot Ball field and found out that it was a 110 large steps, that makes a football field in Canada is 110 yards long nearly 100mts long. He went to Bufallo and found out that the footbal field there is only 100 yards or 300 big steps.
Have a look here en.wikipedia.org/.../Foot_(unit_of_length)
