I think I remember one of the colleges I was visting 2 years ago (i'm a sophmore in college now), probally Lock Haven U (Pa) was building a 400 indoor track. I dont know if they cancelled the project or whatever.
I think I remember one of the colleges I was visting 2 years ago (i'm a sophmore in college now), probally Lock Haven U (Pa) was building a 400 indoor track. I dont know if they cancelled the project or whatever.
If a 400 meter track was built with a proportional bank to a 200 meter track, would it be too steep to run the 400m hurdles?
Then we can have an indoor Cross Country race, start on the 400m indoor track then around the campus through hallways and staircases and then back to the track???? I would like to see an open air retracktable roof track.
Asterix wrote:
Read what I wrote again. According to the IAAF (look it up, rule 260, specifically paragraphs 8 and 18), there is no such thing as an OUTDOOR world record. They keep:
- World Records
- Indoor World Records and
- World Junior Records
That is because there is no reason to specify OUTDOOR when you list indoor world records, it's obvious that it is outdoors.....you are being way too literal with your translation of the rule.
Infact, RULE 260 section 19 refers specifically to "OUTDOOR WORLD RECORDS."
hurdled400 wrote:
That is because there is no reason to specify OUTDOOR when you list indoor world records, it's obvious that it is outdoors.....you are being way too literal with your translation of the rule.
Quoting from rule 260, paragraph 18 a):
"The record shall be made in an athletic facility, which
conforms to Rule 140 with or without roof."
Rule 140 makes no mention of indoor/outdoor, rather sticking with the track itself meeting specifications (ie in distance and layout).
Infact, RULE 260 section 19 refers specifically to "OUTDOOR WORLD RECORDS."
Rule 260, section 19 only says to see rule 160 regarding track layout. Please point me to the paragraph in rule 160 where it says anything about indoor/outdoor.
Rules such as these are made to be interpreted literally. Have a look at some of the others to see this trend. They do what they can to ensure that you don't have to ASSUME anything.
But don't take my word or that of the IAAF. Read what TnFNews editor has to say:
http://www.trackandfieldnews.com/tfn/discussion/viewThread.jsp?forum=1&thread=2550"Can
>"outdoor" WR's be set indoors if everything
>else is completely AOK except there is a roof
>?
YES
"
Yup, i was just about to post what Asterix posted.
And I would certainly take Garry Hill's word over "anonymous whiny jerk on messageboard".
i remember seeing a track meet on television several years ago that was on an indoor 400m track. i believe it was somewhere in texas (baylor?). i am pretty sure there were some pretty big names (like leroy burrell) in the meet.
The Olympic Oval in Salt Lake has a full four lane 442m Mondo X track around the ice track with one 8 lane straightaway. Utah uses it during the winter for their training and was hosting meets until the NCAA told them they can't anymore. So, since the Oval built the track to the exact NCAA legal specifications in the existing rule book they're suing the NCAA for half a million dollars. The coaches last summer voted 80% in favor of keeping it legal and just adding time to the different races, but the NCAA is still going at it. What's funny is that a lot of the coaches against it (NAU) have their own 200+ meter tracks.