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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
Posts: 159
keep converting!!! it makes my times look faster haha
Coach
Joined: Jun 2005
Posts: 1289
No, don't convert. It's a waste of time.
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Joined: May 2006
Posts: 475
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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Joined: Oct 2005
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We should make the conversion issue moot by never again running the screwy 1600 and 3200 distances. [sucks]
Coach
Joined: Jun 2005
Posts: 1289
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. :-)
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Joined: Oct 2006
Posts: 206
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
Posts: 120
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
Posts: 234
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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