For those who went to school of a certain age, you recall the "Weekly Reader." A little newsprint supplement, the teacher would handout to give you something to focus on for five minutes when she was at her wits end. Somewhat surprising, for those not in teaching or living with the elementary school set, the Weekly Reader still exists. My youngest came home with this interesting little piece on the "Great Wall Marathon." See if you can get the right answers!
Sunday, April 5, 2009
weekly reader - on marathons
For those who went to school of a certain age, you recall the "Weekly Reader." A little newsprint supplement, the teacher would handout to give you something to focus on for five minutes when she was at her wits end. Somewhat surprising, for those not in teaching or living with the elementary school set, the Weekly Reader still exists. My youngest came home with this interesting little piece on the "Great Wall Marathon." See if you can get the right answers!
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I believe they got the mileage wrong in the weekly reader, a marathon should be stated as 26.2.
Here's some history on the .2 mi = 385 yards. Blame British royalty or not. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marathon
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