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Distance Converting (Should I continue or not)
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Joined: Mar 2005
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As it stands right now I or the program converts all 1 Mile/2 Mile races to 1600 & 3200 meters. The question is should I continue doing this or should I start eliting the event exactly as it is.
The reason I make the change now is so athletes pages show no difference between the indoor and outdoor races, not to mention most of the athletes assume the 1600m and the 1 Mile are the same.
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Joined: May 2005
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keep converting!!! it makes my times look faster haha
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Joined: Jun 2005
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No, don't convert. It's a waste of time.
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Joined: May 2006
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It is nice when ranking are put out.
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Joined: Apr 2005
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But is converting the times an accurate representation? Would the times have an * on them?
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Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 388
Please convert, It helps us old folks.
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We should make the conversion issue moot by never again running the screwy 1600 and 3200 distances. [sucks]
We should make the conversion issue moot by never again running the screwy 1600 and 3200 distances. 
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Joined: Jun 2005
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Dyestat used to convert and then just stopped. They used to do a fixed time conversion, deducting about 1.5 seconds from the mile to get a 1600 and about 3.5 seconds from the 2 mile to get the 3200 (there's a discussion on this at the NFHS website, [url]http://www.nfhs.org/web/2006/12/converting_times_from_english_to.aspx[/url]).
Just post the time conversions from NFHS, let us do the math and spend more time with the kid. :-)
Dyestat used to convert and then just stopped. They used to do a fixed time conversion, deducting about 1.5 seconds from the mile to get a 1600 and about 3.5 seconds from the 2 mile to get the 3200 (there's a discussion on this at the NFHS website, http://www.nfhs.org/web/2006/12/converting_times_from_english_to.aspx).
Just post the time conversions from NFHS, let us do the math and spend more time with the kid.
Just post the time conversions from NFHS, let us do the math and spend more time with the kid.
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Joined: Oct 2006
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I do like that it makes us look faster like Drew said, but it also makes it easier to compare stats from a performance to a performance and year to year basis. Otherwise we just have a jacked up stat sheet showing 1600m PRs, Mile PRs, 3200 PRs, and 2 mile PRs. Forget that.
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Joined: Feb 2008
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** This isn't the basball hall of fame. Keep converting, without the *
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Joined: Dec 1969
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exactly how many meters is a mile?
Coach
Joined: Jun 2005
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1609 meters, which makes it about 1.5-2 seconds longer (depending on how fast you run).
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Joined: Apr 2007
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i don't think you should convert being a distance runner because yes its a waste of time and there is no positive way to tell exactly what the kid was at at the 1600 mark and the 3200 unless u set up another laser eye to judge that. overall its a waste of time.
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Is converting automatic in this day and age?
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