Ok, I know that it is wussy to run on an indoor track, but there was blowing snow and -30 windchills, couldn't see to run...so I ran 124 laps around a 9.5 lap/mile track at lunch. I'm not trying to brag, but I was rather pleased w/ the mental capacity it took to do that. Just wanted to see if I could do it. This spurred a question:
What are the most laps the people of Letsrun have ever done on an indoor track?
240 laps on the YMCA track in Brockton, Ma. It's 24 laps/mile!
Amby Burfoot once did a full marathon in 2:49 on the Wesleyan University Indoor Track.
Now that's Nuts!
FreshmanRunner wrote:
Amby Burfoot once did a full marathon in 2:49 on the Wesleyan University Indoor Track.
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4 on a 200 meter track in Reno, NV.
I have actually seen an "official" listed world record for an indoor 10,000, but I cannot remember what it is
On UMD's indoor track that is 160 meters, the most I have ever done in there is 140 laps for 14 miles.
Watching and Waiting wrote:
I have actually seen an "official" listed world record for an indoor 10,000, but I cannot remember what it is
Mark Bett 27:50.29
http://www.runnersworld.com/home/0,1300,2-0-0-1448,FF.htmlI have a teammate who for ran ~13 miles around an 80 meter track--20 laps to the mile, so ~260. Thats approximate because its not too hard to loose count on that kind of thing. I think he did about 5 extra laps at the end to make up for any possible missed laps.
The most I ever did on that track was 8 miles at a time, and I changed directions every mile. I don't know if he was doing that or not, but I suspect that he was.
I think I read once at the turn of the century they use to have marathon races on indoor tracks with betting...If memory serves me correctly many big time bettors would attend and the places would get all smoky with cigar smoke...yuck...
Six-day races...they used to have six-day races indoors.
They still do.
Seems like there was one in Denver a few (less than 5) years ago.
Distances got into the hundreds of miles (400+).
A guy I know did a 100km race indoors on an 11 or 12 lap/mile track. He's in the USATF T&F HOF. That's one day they should have had drug testing.
Buried in this article are some of the indoor pedestrian races...models for the 6-day running events.
http://www.lehigh.edu/dmd1/public/www-data/kelly.html
Unfortunately, few people have any idea of the effort this sort of thing requires and the sarcastic remarks and lack of respect due to ignorance will flow.
If you think it is easy, haul your butt out to a regulation track and run for a day or so...
20 miler on a 30 laps to the mile banked Y track-600 laps. All kinds of 10 milers on it-that would be 300.
Ms Buxom-
Its called sarcasm. I was referring to someone I know. Even he would say that a 100km race indoors in insane and he must have been "under the influence" of something when he did it. The guy won 2 Bronze Medals in the Olympics, so I not going to belittle anyone's effort, especially someone that good.
Take a chill, I wasn't even replying to your message, just adding to the discussion.
Sweetie, people alla time just tack on to the last message. Don't take it to heart.
On the other hand, it is pathetic that people who supposedly like the sport of running limit their respect to events that are within their grasp. Once the ultramarathons are brought into a thread the lack of knowledge about those distances brings forth simplistic insulting responses.
My memory may be completely off, but it seems to me that the racewalker inducted into the USATF Hall of Fame last year (drawing a blank on his name) once did an indoor 100 miler.
Couldn't tell you exactly how many, but probably about 60-70 over the course of an indoor track workout.
82 laps on Iowa State's 300 meter track. I was doing 3 consecutive half hour legs of one of those Relays for Life. I was starting to fade a bit by the time I hit the half marathon but I remember splitting 1:17:04.