Was on Google Maps today and noticed that Paris had two tracks very close to each other. Then I noticed another. And another.
So I marked each one I found using the measure distance tool. I found 48! Connecting the dots over a distance of 48.95 mi, that's an average of 1 track every 1.038 miles. Crazy.
Does any other city have this kind of density of track facilities?
Around the peripherique, the highway around the city, you have tons of sports clubs with tracks, although not all are 400m. I was able to go run for free when I was there for a summer and they didn't mind my using them. Some guy here found one right behind the Eiffel Tower and when I was up there a couple years ago, I looked around and saw it nearby.
Was on Google Maps today and noticed that Paris had two tracks very close to each other. Then I noticed another. And another.
So I marked each one I found using the measure distance tool. I found 48! Connecting the dots over a distance of 48.95 mi, that's an average of 1 track every 1.038 miles. Crazy.
Does any other city have this kind of density of track facilities?
Its 48 soccer fields with a track around it . track is not popular in France. I lived in Lyon..Did a majority of my runs along the Rhone and the park.
Was on Google Maps today and noticed that Paris had two tracks very close to each other. Then I noticed another. And another.
So I marked each one I found using the measure distance tool. I found 48! Connecting the dots over a distance of 48.95 mi, that's an average of 1 track every 1.038 miles. Crazy.
Does any other city have this kind of density of track facilities?
Its 48 soccer fields with a track around it . track is not popular in France. I lived in Lyon..Did a majority of my runs along the Rhone and the park.
Yeah was going to say - not sure this is really a bonafide example of why Parisians love track and field. A lot of these facilities only get public funding if they are multi-use - so in order for the soccer pitch to remain nicely maintained etc they have to have something else in there - what's easy and used universally across many sports? Running and running tracks.
Plus if you did the same in say Berlin or Munich (just as examples), I think you'd find a similar situation.
The difference between American and European track interest is large. In America basically all tracks are for HS and Colleges.
You sound like someone who has never been to France. No one cares about track. No one.
These are soccer fields with a track around them.
To get a fast meet you have to travel to either end of the RER... St Maur or Cergy-Pontoise. Annoyingly they always put the Cergy meeting the same weekend as the LIFA.
