Are there any oval shaped (non-dirt/non-cinder) tracks in the US that are more than 400m around? How about the world?
Are there any oval shaped (non-dirt/non-cinder) tracks in the US that are more than 400m around? How about the world?
Not really a track, but there is a half mile or so oval people run/walk on at Fort Bragg, NC.
I’m sure there are still some quarter-mile tracks around. Though I can’t say that I’ve ever seen an oval track of any size.
Sydney McLaughlin's high school has a 500+ meter track:
I remember reading in The Perfect Mile that John Landy did workouts on a 600 meter track. Not sure of it's location or if it's still around.
before trevor dunbar did that alaska mile thing a while back, jack bolas ran sub 4 on a 413 meter indoor track in alaska at "The alaska dome"
There is a 443 meter indoor track at the Pettit National Ice Center in Milwaukee.
50 and more years ago there were some strange sizes like 3 laps/mile or even 160 yards indoor (11 laps/mile) around. A lot of tracks were not permanent but just drawn (on a grass field) for a single meet or even build from wood segments every time (indoor, thus also called 'the boards').
However, since early 70ies standard 400 m or at least 440 y tracks are very much standard so you won't find any if these strange sizes anymore.
racecar track
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Central+Park/@-37.8661032,145.0483911,479m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0xf04567605324050!8m2!3d-37.8667079!4d145.0486485fsfs wrote:
racecar track
It's prob 600 yards (just over 500m) Landy lived just arcoss the road from this park in the 50's
There is an indoor track around the Olympic speed skating oval in Salt Lake City as well. Its 442 meters.
There is a 6 lane 800-meter track at Ft Dix in NJ.
Redleg wrote:
There is a 6 lane 800-meter track at Ft Dix in NJ.
Interesting, is this the one you're talking about? It looks like an even 1000m by my measurements
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Fort+Dix,+NJ/@40.0447612,-74.6361969,555m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x89c141f5a48be123:0x412208035f315871!8m2!3d40.0298354!4d-74.61849I'd love an 800m track. Races on that would be interesting.
track chick wrote:
I'd love an 800m track. Races on that would be interesting.
I can't remember if this one in Quito is about 750 or 850, but it is close to 800m.
https://www.google.co.th/maps/place/La+Carolina.+Park/@-0.1829321,-78.4845028,378m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x56b246bdb3f6ad13!8m2!3d-0.1813713!4d-78.4842769check quito wrote:
track chick wrote:
I'd love an 800m track. Races on that would be interesting.
I can't remember if this one in Quito is about 750 or 850, but it is close to 800m.
And also at ~9000ft elevation.
At the Polo Fields in Golden Gate Park in SF there is a ~1 km track around the fields. Old school natural surface.
JRinaldi wrote:
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Central+Park/@-37.8661032,145.0483911,479m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0xf04567605324050!8m2!3d-37.8667079!4d145.0486485fsfs wrote:
racecar track
It's prob 600 yards (just over 500m) Landy lived just arcoss the road from this park in the 50's
I thought John Landy was Australian. You linked a satelite image of a park in McLean, Virginia, US. Am I missing something here?
tried to find it wrote:
Redleg wrote:
There is a 6 lane 800-meter track at Ft Dix in NJ.
Interesting, is this the one you're talking about? It looks like an even 1000m by my measurements
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Fort+Dix,+NJ/@40.0447612,-74.6361969,555m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x89c141f5a48be123:0x412208035f315871!8m2!3d40.0298354!4d-74.61849
looks like a horse track
I wanna see a 600-800m track in the shape of a figure 8 with an overpass.
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