You know, that oval path thing. Less than 1000, more than 800, for sure, but I wonder if it's ever been measured...
You know, that oval path thing. Less than 1000, more than 800, for sure, but I wonder if it's ever been measured...
On Toronto Marathon day it is just over a mile.
The whole oval is about 1600 meters or so.
What about just the northern half? Not around the legislature, but just the park?
THe loop you are talking about is 805 meters.
If you are on the north end and start at the beginning of the gravel just off the cenataph concrete and do a loop to the beginning of the stairs on the cenataph that is exactly 800 meters.
Mandingo wrote:
THe loop you are talking about is 805 meters.
If you are on the north end and start at the beginning of the gravel just off the cenataph concrete and do a loop to the beginning of the stairs on the cenataph that is exactly 800 meters.
Has that been wheeled by someone at UTTC?
My personal estimate has been about 830, but 805 metres makes a lot more sense. My best workout there averaged 2:56 per loop, and that's just slower than I ran 800s at the time. I haven't run there in a while now.
Thanks! I guess I was going a bit slower than I thought, but than makes counting miles and planning workouts easy!
I haven't wheeled it myself but I know guys who have.
It is not a fast loop on that gravel. I've run it many times and I figure you do not gain as much on the downhill part as you lose on the uphill portion.
Imagine how stunned we were to find out UCC track is only 370meters! In lane 4 it is 401 meters.
I went to the UofT meet tonight. Now that is a sweet track.
Where are the results?!
Mandingo wrote:
THe loop you are talking about is 805 meters.
If you are on the north end and start at the beginning of the gravel just off the cenataph concrete and do a loop to the beginning of the stairs on the cenataph that is exactly 800 meters.
Isn't it more than five metres between the stairs and the gravel? I thought the full loop was more like 820m.
If it isn't covered by trees, google earth is a pretty nifty way to measure stuff. Gets addicting though. Pretty accurate as far as I can tell, too, from testing it by measuring football fields and tracks.
Queen's Park north loop:
http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=1120789
Kidd/Crothers results:
http://tnfnorth.proboards70.com/index.cgi?board=general&action=display&thread=1183038899&page=2
You are correct, my mistake. The 800 meter is to the beginning of the concrete. i.e the whole thing is 823m. Glad to be wrong! THanks for the link Asterix.
her majesty says it 'tis just under a metric mile.
Yeah, I checked out the meet, too.
Looking forward to running on the track.
its 814m but you can just call it a 800 because part of its uphill and theres some really loose gravel
wow, was hoping it was more like 850-900... couldn't loop it in 2:30