any one ran there?
any one ran there?
It's a perfect circle. No joke. Zero straightaways.
If you can get over the mental aspect of that, you can run well. Our school set their DMR school record there a few years back.
Not only have I raced there, I went there. Surprisingly, I ran my 5000m and 3000m PRs on it. Those were all-time PRs, not just indoor PRs. I could have run faster if I hadn't gotten injured, but I did and was pretty much done for. But I digress...
It has a Mondo surface, it's not going to be the fastest track because of its shape. It is circular. The building was originally built as an indoor football training facility. There was some money left over, so they built a track upstairs as an afterthought. The problem was that the building was not shaped like a track, so neither is the track. It's hard to know where the markers/splits are unless you have someone standing there.
You should do fine as long as you are mentally prepared for a different track than what you may be used to. Not sure which school you are from, but there is also an altitude conversion on the times. Good luck!
is it a 200 track?
I think its like 234 meters and yes its a circle...really not too bad of a track. I ran my 600 P.R. there.
It's 236m perfect circle. Your right IT band and calf will be on fire. What distance are you racing?
No, I went by car
I will be running the mile at the meet there this weekend so I will probably bump this thread afterwards
It is an interesting facility. The PRs mentioned are not a surprise. One gets an altitude conversion, but it has an air pressure supported bubble roof.
Why is that significant? I asked a maintenance guy I saw when in the facility for a meet. He said they keep the air pressure inside the building at basically sea level air pressure to keep the roof up.
So the NCAA still gives this facility the advantage of an altitude adjustment even though the reason for an altitude adjustment (lack of oxygen) is not an issue for those competing there.
Kind of blew my mind when I realized the implications...........
breathe right wrote:
It is an interesting facility. The PRs mentioned are not a surprise. One gets an altitude conversion, but it has an air pressure supported bubble roof.
Why is that significant? I asked a maintenance guy I saw when in the facility for a meet. He said they keep the air pressure inside the building at basically sea level air pressure to keep the roof up.
So the NCAA still gives this facility the advantage of an altitude adjustment even though the reason for an altitude adjustment (lack of oxygen) is not an issue for those competing there.
Kind of blew my mind when I realized the implications...........
Either way, there has been sub 4 miles on that track.
breathe right wrote:
It is an interesting facility. The PRs mentioned are not a surprise. One gets an altitude conversion, but it has an air pressure supported bubble roof.
Why is that significant? I asked a maintenance guy I saw when in the facility for a meet. He said they keep the air pressure inside the building at basically sea level air pressure to keep the roof up.
So the NCAA still gives this facility the advantage of an altitude adjustment even though the reason for an altitude adjustment (lack of oxygen) is not an issue for those competing there.
Kind of blew my mind when I realized the implications...........
I really don't think that 3300ft altitude has any effect anyway. I don't know why the NCAA gives a conversion for that low of elevation but I'll take it. I think they give like 1-2 sec conversion for a mile.
It's definitely slower than a 200m banked track.
Because something is pressurized doesn't mean it has more O2 content than the elevation it is at.
that makes no sense.