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The absurdity of the use of kph

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  First and foremost I apologise (yet again) for such a long gap in between blog posts. The return of freedom over the past year has kept me away from screens. They say it takes 66 days to develop a new habit. Running is a habit I developed over lockdown, but the return to the office (and I intend to never work from home again) and frequenting the pub has reduced frequency of this.  It is, however, not completely bleak for my physical well-being. Cramming a number of social events in after work has led to me doing a lot more walking around central London. I don’t have an Apple Watch, (other brands of smart watch exist), but my iPhone records my steps and a lot of really interesting data on my walking and running. As would be no surprise, I’ve configured everything in metric units. Thankfully, gone are the days where Apple would dictate to you , based on your location, the units of measurement you use. You have a chose whether to specify distances in miles or kilometres....

km/h at Wimbledon?

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I've always wondered what it would be like to see serve speeds stated in kilometres per hour (km/h) at Wimbledon, as it is in every other tournament. Fortunately, the Olympics has given me the opportunity to see it and it is a considerable improvement! Moreover, I've not seen any bemused faces. Let's hope next year IBM decide do ditch the archaic miles per hour in favour of km/h! (and if they do, let's hope they use the correct symbol and not kph or KM/H or any other variant) MPH at Wimbledon km/h at Wimbledon To Close: CONGRATULATIONS ANDY MURRAY!! LET's GO TEAM GB!!!!