Carol Lewis reported last night that it was good strategy to put Marion in the second leg of the 4x100 relay because it is the longest. Is it longer? By how much?
Carol Lewis reported last night that it was good strategy to put Marion in the second leg of the 4x100 relay because it is the longest. Is it longer? By how much?
Generally 10-15 meters beecause you want to get the stick to the strongest runner sooner.
Generally, here is how the legs rank from longest to shortest: 2nd, 4th, 1st, 3rd.
Forgive my ignorance, but would that have to do with the curve?
You can make either of the 2nd or third leg the longest by adjusting the marks, I would assume they'd prefer Jones to run the straight leg of those two. Set the 1st exchange to be early in the zone and the 2nd late in the zone and you can make her leg 110m easily.
By setting the marks in respect to the distance from the beginning of the fly zone you can make any of the legs longer or shorter. Usually the straigtaways are set up to be longer because you can run faster running in a straight line. Also Marion is a big, long legged runner. Those types usually are better suited for the straight than a the turn.
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By setting the marks in respect to the distance from the beginning of the fly zone you can make any of the legs longer or shorter. Usually the straigtaways are set up to be longer because you can run faster running in a straight line. Also Marion is a big, long legged runner. Those types usually are better suited for the straight than a the turn.
Yes, but you can have more effect on 2 & 3 because there are two fly zones to work with. Depends on the relative strength of your 3 & 4, if you have an excellent bend runner you might want to give that runner a longer run, if you have a blazing fast anchor (i.e. Carl Lewis)you give him a longer run. You can only safely add about 5m to legs 1 & 4.
Is Marion gonna wear those bug ass diapers or does she have to match with the rest of the runners?