Has anyone rediscovered cinder tracks as a result of the Covid/virtual racing deal?

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3 years ago 06/30/2020 1:27pm EDT

I competed on cinder tracks in middle school, over twenty years ago. Since then I have done plenty of training and even time trialing on them but I have not competed on them. Since the inception of virtual racing I have been using my local middle school track for my training, which is cinder focused, and my virtual races. Knowing that my times are in competition with other runners initially provided me with the motivation to put down better times than I have for years on that track. I didn't anticipate this happening because my times are obviously slower than they would be on modern tracks but chasing this different colored rabbit has breathed new life and motivation into my running. After two virtual races and with one coming up, I'm having quite an enjoyable time.

3 years ago 06/30/2020 1:30pm EDT

re: CinderMan

Is there a legit distinction between "cinder" and dirt?

3 years ago 06/30/2020 1:31pm EDT

re: CinderMan

CinderMan wrote:
I competed on cinder tracks in middle school, over twenty years ago. Since then I have done plenty of training and even time trialing on them but I have not competed on them. Since the inception of virtual racing I have been using my local middle school track for my training, which is cinder focused, and my virtual races. Knowing that my times are in competition with other runners initially provided me with the motivation to put down better times than I have for years on that track. I didn't anticipate this happening because my times are obviously slower than they would be on modern tracks but chasing this different colored rabbit has breathed new life and motivation into my running. After two virtual races and with one coming up, I'm having quite an enjoyable time.

Unfortunately, they have all been replaced by all weather or asphalt (?!) in my city.

3 years ago 06/30/2020 2:36pm EDT

re: CinderMan

I ran on a cinder track for several years. It was in a nice rural setting and I almost always had the track to myself. I never knew just how good I had it.

Now, where I just moved, my running is on an asphalt path in suburbia with lots of people around. But there is what looks to be gravel track nearby and I may check it out.

3 years ago 06/30/2020 2:45pm EDT

re: CinderMan

Where I grew up, most the tracks were concrete, at all but the newest schools. There were something like 18 concrete tracks to 4 rubber tracks.

3 years ago 06/30/2020 3:21pm EDT

re: CinderMan

I do workouts on ones few miles from my house. It’s at a middle school and is open to the public. I like using it for tempos because it’s easier for me to just run around in a circle and for some reason I kind of enjoy it. Unfortunately the rubber track that is even closer to me is closed to the public.

3 years ago 06/30/2020 3:31pm EDT

re: CinderMan

I'm less than a mile from a dirt track. I run just like Kipchoge on it.

There's even 100 or so miles of rolling dirt roads right outside my town.

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