1/3 of a mile is weird distance should be 1/4 mile lol.
@hello 3 laps would then be 3/4 of a mile, rather than 1.2 miles.
If 3 laps is indeed 1.2 miles, then 1 lap is 2/5 of a mile rather than 1/3.
But it appears the truth is somewhere in the middle. Oen lap slightly longer than 1/3 mile, and 3 laps is slightly less than 1.2 miles.
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They used a rule of thumb for the lap, hence using a fraction value instead of a decimal value.
The 3 laps value is likely an accurately measured decimal value since they didn't go with a rounded natural number.
Both meaures are useful and so everyone keeps them while also accepting the contradiction.
Standard tracks are 400 meters which is about a 1/4 mile. I don't know who would make a 530 something meter track, maybe they are in the back woods lol.
