You know what track event would be awesome...

110m steeple. All the hurdles are water jumps.

I think that they should build a giant treadmill that all events should be run on. Maybe 20 feet wide by 20 feet long. The treadmill would go at the pace of the runner who as running fastest at that time. It would give a new meaning to "dropped out the back." And it could be placed in the middle of any arenas just like a boxing ring.

I'm a bleeding genius!

400MH Spaz:

A 400mh, but after the finish you have to jerk off. First one to do so wins.

Yeah, the laggards would end up like this. Or worse.

Now that's the type of violent twist that the sport needs to get mainstream America watching.

Man, those are gnarly pics. The dude pointing to the wounds in the one is funny. Like we can't see where the problem is.

We always joked that a 4 x 400 relay would be most entertaining to watch if officials randomly decided at the end of one of the legs that the runner had to continue 400 meters more before passing the baton. It would still be a mile relay, but it would become a 2 x 400 and 1 x 800 relay.

I think it be fun to watch two airplanes racing side by side, one on a giant treadmill and one on a normal runway. Then it would be fun to watch the post-game discussion thread go on for pages and pages as people try to defend their theory about the treadmill plane not being able to take off, even though it just did.

The Long/triple jumps, but their were 8 side by side. Gun goes off, and they all race jump! Somehow combine time and distance into the total score.

Help me geezers:

weren't there meets in the 70's where they moved a spotlight in a darkened arena in front of the runners at the speed of the present meet/world/national/? record? The field would chase it.

the indoor, lights out, blindfolded hammer throw...

i always thought it would be funny to just hear woosh, woosh, woosh, woosh, clinking, and then AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.

More like Rome every day wrote:

Now that's the type of violent twist that the sport needs to get mainstream America watching.

Exactly. Running would overtake Nascar in popularity in no time. Except that the USATF would forget to actually publicize it.

How about the barefoot 5000m run on a track of urine covered nails.

Naked womens 800 meters, on a glass track with seat under the track.

I have smoked some weed so much so that when I read this thread all the messages come into my ears in a British accent. Cheerio.

you meen your bryan. cheers, might.

I have no idea what you mean but then again who cares. I am high

the413miler wrote:

I think it be fun to watch two airplanes racing side by side, one on a giant treadmill and one on a normal runway. Then it would be fun to watch the post-game discussion thread go on for pages and pages as people try to defend their theory about the treadmill plane not being able to take off, even though it just did.

Good God, you still think a plane on a treadmill would take off? I mean, how is the lift generated?