Does anybody find that using kph more useful than mph? (added a question mark) I’m just asking this because phil and paul always says KPH and then revert to mph for the american audience.
i do not understand the question
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I prefer talking/thinking in k’s. for some reason i find running 10k’s preferable to running 6.2miles. especially when focusing on time splits. i guess that makes about as much sense as the question… 
A lot or running training plan, especially when talking interval training, use increments of 100 and 200 meters. When following one of those, it would probably be useful to set your Forerunner to meters.
You’re also a lot faster in metric. It’s much more impressive to maintain a speed of 40 than only 24.8.
I prefer km’s. But mainly because it’s easier for me to think metric then standard.
Being European I naturally use km’s.
However, objectively speaking, for doing intervals or similar the fact that a km is shorter than a mile does allow you to get more regular feedback.
Then again, you can always do 1/2 mile… I guess it’s just a matter of preference.
If travelling around to race on various continents it will be useful being able to relate to either km or mile markers.
If I use kilometers I can’t get my milage done. 
jaretj
Being American I do all my training in miles and think in miles, feet, yards. So always have to convert from kph to miles in my head. Lucky it is a pretty easy conversion.
I use kms on my bike computer and when running. On a side note I’m happy to hear Paul and Phil correctly pronounce kilometer (emphasis on the first sylable rather than the second).
A bike computer should be a tiny bit more accurate (or is it precise?) displaying kph than mph. If you’re trying to do field testing and trying to maintain constant speed and your display reads tenths of a mph or tenths of a kph, the metric display is a bit “tighter” since k’s are smaller than m’s. Likewise, an odometer reading is within 0.1 (sometimes 0.01) units, and with metric the range is smaller. The same should be true of a gps unit, AFAIK.
Is it quicker to New York or by bus?
Actually the precision is a little better for smaller measurements if the calibration is perfect by using Km. You don’t get better accuracy from smaller increments, that depends on the measurement device.
(I work in calibration)
jaretj
Metric makes so much more sense. I think all other english speaking countries are now on metric except the US and UK. I use KMs on my bike/run computers but its a struggle as I always have to convert. BTW phil and paul are English so they would natirally use miles but they use KMs as thats the convention of road cycling - its a sport traditionally dominated by continental europeans.
Whats worse is that we have a hybrid system at the moment that confuses both metric and imperial systems. My Y pool is 25 yds wide but 50 meters long, WTF…
“On a side note I’m happy to hear Paul and Phil correctly pronounce kilometer (emphasis on the first sylable rather than the second).”
From Merriam-Webster:
“In No. American speech kilometer is most often pronounced with primary stress on the second syllable. This pronunciation is also heard frequently in British speech. Those who object to second syllable stress say that the first syllable should be stressed in accord with the stress patterns of centimeter, millimeter, etc. However, the pronunciation of kilometer does not parallel that of other metric compounds. From 1828 to 1841 Noah Webster indicated only second syllable stress, and his successor added a first syllable stress variant in the first Merriam-Webster dictionary of 1847. Thus, both pronunciations are venerable. Most scientists use second syllable stress, although first syllable stress seems to occur with a higher rate of frequency among scientists than among nonscientists.”
So while I enjoy listening to Paul and Phil, I wouldn’t necessarily use them as my yardstick–er, I mean, meterstick.
I use km as it means I do far fewer junk miles.
My Y pool is 25 yds wide but 50 meters long, WTF…
That’s because short course is 25 yds and long course is 50 M so you could have one pool for both distances. Almost every 50 M pool in the states was built this way. I used to swim in a 55 yd pool though.
I know about short/long course, but it’s not the point I was trying to make. We should all be on metric.
kph just sounds soooo much cooler. And faster! We’re riding at 40 kph! WOW! Oh wait, that’s 24 mph.
And running is better too - 4:00 / k is more impressive sounding than 6:25 miles.