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At some point we need to acknowledge that this is a service activity and that unless the course is ours, we need to be doing that which is "optional" (such as marking intermediate splits) the way the course "owner" wants them done.

Personally I don't see why we mark miles in a 5K. By the time you get to the mile mark, if you're not on your pace, you're probably not going to be. I can also remember running a 15K many years ago with the goal of finishing in less than an hour. It's a lot easier to remember 4 minutes a km then do the math to add 6:26 miles.

One last note: the organizers of the Bank of America Chicago Marathon have asked for the last few years that all of the intermediate mile and kilometer splits be marked and documented. when you add the halfway point and the one mile to go mark, that's SEVENTY intermediate splits.
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