Exercise can be nearly as effective as therapy for depression

Re:Exercise can be nearly as effective as therapy for depres... by Jtsummers on Friday January 09, 2026 @08:22PM (#46561708)

> 5k is not a distance. 5km, 5 thousand feet or yards are.

I answered that question already, try reading my earlier comment. And if you think it's weird, take it up with people from last century when they started using that abbreviation.

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Re:Exercise can be nearly as effective as therapy for depres... by synecdoche on Saturday January 10, 2026 @02:54AM (#46563738)

For an international audience it's ambiguous. 5 k of what could one reasonably wonder.

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Re:Exercise can be nearly as effective as therapy for depres... by jimnotgym on Saturday January 10, 2026 @05:22AM (#46564457)

Even with context? Even with a link?

I mean I feel annoyed every time I see a new technology on hn, only to find it is another js framework after clicking the link, finding it says nothing useful, then typing it into Wikipedia. I don't typically come on and complain about it.

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Re:Exercise can be nearly as effective as therapy for depres... by roryirvine on Saturday January 10, 2026 @05:49AM (#46564589)

It's in relation to a run, though - what else could it mean but distance? Steps? Maybe, but I've genuinely never heard of that being used as a goal when running. Seconds? Again, it's a possibility, but it'd be more usual to say something like "1h23-ish" - and, besides, that'd be a really odd time to pick.

And even in the UK, where many people still measure longer distances in miles, I've never heard anyone talk about a run being however many thousand feet or yards or chains or whatever.

All of the first page results for a USA-based google search for "5k" are running-related too, so it can't really be all that ambiguous there either.

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