Is there any truth to the track being short? Will USATF or iaaf come & measure the circuit to put to rest the rumor that it is 10 meters short?
Is there any truth to the track being short? Will USATF or iaaf come & measure the circuit to put to rest the rumor that it is 10 meters short?
nope all good
Hugh wrote:
Is there any truth to the track being short? Will USATF or iaaf come & measure the circuit to put to rest the rumor that it is 10 meters short?
A surveyor's certification is required for record applications. Given all the past records set at Stanford, you can be sure the track is correct.
The track at Stanford is only 200m long. All competitors sign an NDA before competing that they will run approximately half their regular pace and put on a "great show."
I figure to have about seventeen minutes before the USATF gustapo track me down and I disappear. Never forget Stanford's massive cover-up!
FWIW, I measured Stanford's track using Google Earth and it came to 400.44 meters just inside the rail.
drunk runner. wrote:
FWIW, I measured Stanford's track using Google Earth and it came to 400.44 meters just inside the rail.
It's always nice to find someone with less of a life than I have.
The track is accurate, but there is a secret "shortcut" that only certain athletes are privvy to. Solinsky had to pay $1200 for the password.
What a bunch of BS about the track being short, the reason people run so fast as Stanford is that the track is actually moving in the same direction as the runners, just like a moving sidewalk or a baggage carousel at the airport.
OldXCguy wrote:
drunk runner. wrote:FWIW, I measured Stanford's track using Google Earth and it came to 400.44 meters just inside the rail.
It's always nice to find someone with less of a life than I have.
LOL, I resemble that remark!
My Garmin has it long.
That's because you don't have the password
The track has been short, closer to 3 meters, since the last time it was "resurfaced"
usual dumb midpacker wrote:
My Garmin has it long.
That's what she said.
IB wrote:
What a bunch of BS about the track being short, the reason people run so fast as Stanford is that the track is actually moving in the same direction as the runners, just like a moving sidewalk or a baggage carousel at the airport.
Could a plane take off from the Stanford track?
Ursus horribilis wrote:
The track is accurate, but there is a secret "shortcut" that only certain athletes are privvy to. Solinsky had to pay $1200 for the password.
I also heard that if you go under the steeple by the water pit it takes you to Narnia.
The eucalyptus trees surrounding the track throw off a super-enriched nitro-oxygen blend (unique to the area). This is why distance runners run fast, but aren't tired at the end.
You know how when you run in a forest you seem to run faster than on the roads....similar to that.
The track is not short, it has been measured often. It is downhill
It's actually a pretty standard track- 85m straights and 115m curves.