so, being new to philly and making a comeback to running, i went over to franklin field to do some 'tempo' mile repeats. after weaving though the intramural football frat boys, my first two were under 5:15. nothing great but way too fast for the shape i'm in. so, what lane is the actual 400m lane there? thanks
lane 5 is 400m
Lane 5. During track season there's a curb between 4 and 5.
They used to try to restrict non-team runners to the inside 4 lanes. During one workout my post-grad year, then Penn coach Jim Tuppenny yelled at me, "Lane 5 is for athletes, please!" He really knew how to get you. Ah Tupp, I miss him yet.
oh well, i knew it was too good to be true. thanks for the info. lane 5 will keep me out of the way of the fat frat boys getting ready for their big flag football game at least.
any ideas as to what 5:10-5:15 "miles" in lane one would be close to timewise?
new to philly wrote:
oh well, i knew it was too good to be true. thanks for the info. lane 5 will keep me out of the way of the fat frat boys getting ready for their big flag football game at least.
i don't think any flag football players practice on the track..what are you talking about?
new to philly wrote:
any ideas as to what 5:10-5:15 "miles" in lane one would be close to timewise?
I think lane 1 is about 400 YARDS - you could figure it out by one of the charts (the lane width is 42 inches rather than the standard 48, I think, but I might be wrong). Or you can just see where the start line for the 4x100/400 is in lane 1, and that will give you the diff. Multiply by 4 to get the distance for 4 laps, and do the math.
If lane width is 42 inches then lane 1 is 373.2 meters. 4X around is 0.9275 miles or 5:40/mile if it took you 5:15 to cover the actual distance.
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Actually lane 1 is not 400 yards. The track was originally built where lane 5 is. To make more room, they built inward because the stands were permanent and they couldn't move them back.
intramural flag football was playing there. two games at once. guys waiting to play the next game were doing "sprints" and throwing the ball on the north side of the field.
5:40's is more reasonable for the shape i'm in, still a little embarrasing though
philly guy wrote:
Actually lane 1 is not 400 yards. The track was originally built where lane 5 is. To make more room, they built inward because the stands were permanent and they couldn't move them back.
I know - that's why I capped YARDS, so he'd know it was shorter than the standard 400 METERS.
Come to think of it, it's probably shorter than 400 yards, too. The 375 figure posted elsewhere might be right.
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They used to try to restrict non-team runners to the inside 4 lanes. During one workout my post-grad year, then Penn coach Jim Tuppenny yelled at me, "Lane 5 is for athletes, please!" He really knew how to get you. Ah Tupp, I miss him yet.
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Don't worry - Tupp would say the same thing to his runners, but without the please. "Lane 5 is for athletes, Jasper." He called everyone Jasper, except Boo Morcom.
That lane one thing always gets newbies to the track
well i'm not a newbie so i knew after the first lap that something was up.
anyone know if there are any groups that do regular track wkts there or other places around the city?
During college there was always some freshman who go down to Franklin Field and do a mile time trial and proudly come back and tell the team of his new PR.
philadelphia track club. check their website. pretty good group of mid-distance and distance guys, from what i've heard. matt byrne, one of them just won steamtown.
franklin fielder wrote:
Don't worry - Tupp would say the same thing to his runners, but without the please. "Lane 5 is for athletes, Jasper." He called everyone Jasper, except Boo Morcom.
Either that, or Rock Top, or Hump (oops, that was Moon's)
Legend in your own mind wrote:
Wrong.
Dumbass.
Moron.