Can you get into the Salt Lake track to do workouts, or is it closed off to the public?
Any info would be great. I'm going to Utah for spring break.
As for the Boston scene, BU is the best facility, but my favorite is definitely Reggie Lewis, because of all the great races I have seen there... great atmosphere!
There was a board track that the indoor NcAA's were held on in my day in Oklahoma City. The Daily Oklahoman meet was also on these same boards. Amazingly fast track- high banked- 10 laps to the mile.
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Phil. wrote:Fastest, the wooden track they use at Reno, MJ set the indoor 400WR there.
Best, NY Armory, -R Lewis has a dodgy transition coming off the bends in the outer lanes.
I just ran on the track in Reno last weekend and I can assure you it is NOT a fast track. Old, saggy boards, uneven surface. Maybe it was fast when MJ ran the record, but I'd have to say it was probably just MJ himself who was fast that day.
That's a shame, I ran on it the week after MJ set the record and it was lightning fast and certainly in much better shape than you describe. I guess it's not been well maintained in the interim?
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Nebraska Lincoln's track is the best. a banked mondo track and the bank can be adjusted to be steeper for the sprints and lower for the distance events. It is also nice so they dont have to run the 60's down the middle of the infield and all the field events are then inside the track, good for watching. You would think they could hold some larger meets there.
Arkansas' track and Reggie Lewis Center are also good.
Only thing about Nebraska's indoor track is they don't have the seating to hold a big time meet (i.e. nationals), but if they had the seating the would be able to hold bigger meets besides Big 12's.
I think many indoor tracks are faster than outdoors! Despite being 200m the banks give a great effect to speed you up and the spring of the boards seems to also feel faster than running outdoors, also given there is no wind, all adds up to alot of assistance.
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The university of Nevada, Reno got the track (a gift from Bill Cosby)in 1992. I don't know where it was before that but now it's set up only once a year in a livestock exhibition hall for a four weekend collegiate meet series. Maybe it's not been stored properly?
What kind of time difference results from running on flat vs. banked track in different events? 800?mile?400?3k? Thanks!
The USATF Nebraska Association is hosting a meet there Sunday Feb. 29. I'm going to run my very first indoor race (5K) at age 46. I'm pretty excited.
$2 to get in and you can train (except when the Univ. of Utah team is training). That is their home training track.
Reno's sucks now.
Pocatello's is a good track with a bad surface, very slick.
Bozeman's is the same track with a nice mondo surface.
Iowa State is a great fast track. To whoever said it 'doesn't count' because its 300, the original question was 'what is the fastest indoor track', not the fastest 200m track, size is unimportant, it's the time that matters.
Diff between flat+banked?
The BEST OVERALL indoor track is at Penn State. They have a hydraulic-banked Mondo track, allowing a full bank for sprints around the track, a half bank for distance races, and flatten out for sprints. The 60M is down the middle. However, they have a full-time facilities crew that moves the HJ pit (about 5 minutes) for sprints/hurdles. They also have a 60M x 60M artificial turf field at the end of the sprint straightaway so the athletes can run thru the finish line wide open. This field also accommodates the throws venue, and team tents/medical tents, etc.
The facility also has several meeting rooms.
They have four permanent-mounted Lynx cameras mounted in the overhead joists; two for the sprint straightaway, and two for the oval finish line.
They allow NO food on the track area.
This is the fifth year the track has been opened, and it looks brand new.
The only drawback to the facility is the seating, which is less than 1000.
Still, overall, it is the best Indoor facility I have seen, and I have seen most of the major ones.
notre dames track is pretty sweet!!!
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You have got to be kidding on the CMSU track. By far one of the worst tracks I have ever ran on. The turns are way to tight plus the sprints are run against a wall. Then you have the baskett ball court down the middle. Also the meets are always off time. Just A brutal place to run Period
The older the boards the better.
University of Washington. Rumor is that it is a touch short.
here are the track records at ISU
There is just as much seating in Devaney as there is at Arkansas.
Nebraska has hosted the NAIA indoor national meet before.