New Posts For Thread: Why is athletics 1500 meters called the mile ?https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31652323/why-is-athletics-1500-meters-called-the-mileeveryone calls it the mile , so really should be 1600 meters, but why is it run as 1500 meters,.the 800 meters race is half a mile, 400 is quarter mile, so why the mile is reduced?just curiousJust youtubed one for old times sake, the crowds are amazing like football stadiums, makes your hair stand on end. Not a huge athletics fan in general but didn't they swap w/r every week for a while or is that the old rose tinted spectacles scenario.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31652323/why-is-athletics-1500-meters-called-the-mile?post_id=559465191#559465191Just youtubed one for old times sake, the crowds are amazing like football stadiums, makes your hair stand on end. Not a huge athletics fan in general but didn't they swap w/r every week for a while or is that the old rose tinted spectacles scenario.Wed, 17 Jun 2020 11:09:07 -0500and two mileshttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31652323/why-is-athletics-1500-meters-called-the-mile?post_id=559465177#559465177and two milesWed, 17 Jun 2020 11:05:07 -0500"We thought they'd never end"https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31652323/why-is-athletics-1500-meters-called-the-mile?post_id=559465137#559465137"We thought they'd never end"Wed, 17 Jun 2020 10:53:20 -0500Off on a tangent i know, but the summer nights when athletics used to be on terrestrial tv back in the eighties when they did the middle distance races, 800, 1500 and the metric mile were great memories, Ovett, Coe and Cram.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31652323/why-is-athletics-1500-meters-called-the-mile?post_id=559465059#559465059Off on a tangent i know, but the summer nights when athletics used to be on terrestrial tv back in the eighties when they did the middle distance races, 800, 1500 and the metric mile were great memories, Ovett, Coe and Cram.Wed, 17 Jun 2020 10:34:53 -0500nor mehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31652323/why-is-athletics-1500-meters-called-the-mile?post_id=559464963#559464963nor meWed, 17 Jun 2020 10:11:59 -0500No worries, I think I grasped your point sometime after I posted...Don't watch much these days either,https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31652323/why-is-athletics-1500-meters-called-the-mile?post_id=559464559#559464559No worries, I think I grasped your point sometime after I posted...Don't watch much these days either,Wed, 17 Jun 2020 08:46:17 -0500Also my mistake 12 and a half and 25 laps of course!I lost interest in athletics because of the drug cheats. I apologise. It’s been a long time!https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31652323/why-is-athletics-1500-meters-called-the-mile?post_id=559464527#559464527Also my mistake 12 and a half and 25 laps of course!I lost interest in athletics because of the drug cheats. I apologise. It’s been a long time!Wed, 17 Jun 2020 08:41:58 -0500Also my mistake 12 and a half and 25 laps of course!I lost interest in athletics because of the drug cheats. I apologise. It’s been a long time!https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31652323/why-is-athletics-1500-meters-called-the-mile?post_id=559464525#559464525Also my mistake 12 and a half and 25 laps of course!I lost interest in athletics because of the drug cheats. I apologise. It’s been a long time!Wed, 17 Jun 2020 08:41:54 -0500https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31652323/why-is-athletics-1500-meters-called-the-mile?post_id=559463995#559463995Wed, 17 Jun 2020 07:04:20 -0500yeah i know, they were 3 miles and 6 miles converted to metric.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31652323/why-is-athletics-1500-meters-called-the-mile?post_id=559463961#559463961yeah i know, they were 3 miles and 6 miles converted to metric.Wed, 17 Jun 2020 06:56:51 -0500