Victor Viking & the Legion of VROOM wrote:
vivalarepublica wrote:
Your biggest worry is losing track of laps? I'm jealous. I would love to take a spin on a wooden indoor track sometime.
My high school had an unbanked 149m indoor track that was approximately 10.75 laps to the 1600. I did the 3200 on that baby a couple times, 21.5 laps. I'm pretty sure that I won not because I was the fittest that day, but because I was the only one that didn't get bored and lose their concentration. Another fun race was the 2x4x800, that was the race that would never end. I probably still have the school record, because that race probably has not been run since then.
Once or twice a year for the relays or conference meet, we would move the gymnastics equipment and get use of the big loop to extend the track to 189m. The arc of turns were so tight that you basically had to jog the turns.
When we head down to the proper indoor tracks at big universities, our times would magically drop 10 secs for the 1600 or 5 secs for the 800.
VHS...home sweet home!!
And, yeah, you probably still hold a piece of the 2x4x800m record since that event hasn’t been run there since about 2008-2010.
Lol, I'm showing too many cards around the boards these days.
The 3200 on that track was no joke probably the hardest event I ever did, from a mental perspective. It never felt like it was going to end. The last lap kick never felt so far away.
2x4x800m was insane. 6400m total. 43 total laps. WTF is this.
Trying for a fast 800 was impossible. How do you pace yourself for a 5 3/8 lap race, especially in the middle of a relay? At least for the 1600/3200, you could settle into a pace for most of the race. Not in the 800. It was total guesswork.