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But I think if you're advertising a 5-K distance, you should provide 5-K (and use the out and back if necessary). If you're going to have a 2.8 mile course, advertise it as such.
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It's not really that important to get the distance correct and 2.8 miles is close enough to 3.1 that no one will notice. Us runners don't really care about the tenths all that much anyway plus a scenic run is probably worth the extra .3 miles (you also could try and make sure the course is into the wind as the wind-adjusted distance might be +.3). In fact, sometimes when I run mile repeats I only run three laps and just round up. Speaking of which, does anyone know where I can sign-up for a 20 mile marathon? That would be cool.
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