400m race today. I’m a distance guy so I don’t really get all the lanes and things and I was out in lane 5.
150m in I cut in accidentally because that’s typically what I assumed you did but I ran my first curve in my lane.
Finished up in 53 but obviously got disqualified but I was wondering did I actually run 400m or did I run less?
I ran the first curve in my lane and I only cut in on the straight so there’s no way I cut any actual distance right?
Dude lmao. I’m sorry but lmao.
If this isn’t a troll, 58-60
You did cut distance unfortunately, if I had to guess no more than 2 seconds worth, but you can calculate it yourself. Find the difference between a complete lap in your lane, and lane 1. Half of that distance is the distance you cut, since you only cut on one of the turns. Now that you know how far you actually ran, take your finishing time and divide it by the distance you actually ran. Take that number and multiple it by 400 to find what you would have ran if you continued running at your average speed.
You don’t need to worry about the slowing down factor of a longer race, it was only a few meters.
Hopefully that helps, and if you were joking and made me type all that out... cmon man
ienjoyracing wrote:
You did cut distance unfortunately, if I had to guess no more than 2 seconds worth, but you can calculate it yourself. Find the difference between a complete lap in your lane, and lane 1. Half of that distance is the distance you cut, since you only cut on one of the turns. Now that you know how far you actually ran, take your finishing time and divide it by the distance you actually ran. Take that number and multiple it by 400 to find what you would have ran if you continued running at your average speed.
You don’t need to worry about the slowing down factor of a longer race, it was only a few meters.
Hopefully that helps, and if you were joking and made me type all that out... cmon man
Not a troll. Thank you, I appreciate it. Turns out we were also started at the wrong line so everybody else ended up running about 405m too haha.
joesephj wrote:
ienjoyracing wrote:
You did cut distance unfortunately, if I had to guess no more than 2 seconds worth, but you can calculate it yourself. Find the difference between a complete lap in your lane, and lane 1. Half of that distance is the distance you cut, since you only cut on one of the turns. Now that you know how far you actually ran, take your finishing time and divide it by the distance you actually ran. Take that number and multiple it by 400 to find what you would have ran if you continued running at your average speed.
You don’t need to worry about the slowing down factor of a longer race, it was only a few meters.
Hopefully that helps, and if you were joking and made me type all that out... cmon man
Not a troll. Thank you, I appreciate it. Turns out we were also started at the wrong line so everybody else ended up running about 405m too haha.
Go to the track tomorrow, run in the 1st lane the entire way and see how you do.