Does anyone know if the 400 meter, or 200 meter "banked competition" tracks at Chelsea Piers are any good or even usable?
I'm debating a membership to try to get my speedwork done the winter months. If the tracks are decent, the convenience of a membership might outweigh the time it would take to commute to the armory.
If anyone has experience on those tracks, I'd be interested to hear what they are like.
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Does anyone have any info about these tracks? From pictures, the 400m track looks very oddly shaped. However, there are no pictures I can find of the banked 200m track.
Don't bother - its like Ben Hur Chariot racing - longer bends and really tight curves. There was a meet there many years ago and all of us in the 3k ran about 10-15 secs slower than normal. Armoury was / is a much better experience all round
Ex Upper Eastsider wrote:
Don't bother - [it's] like Ben Hur Chariot racing - longer bends and really tight curves.
I'm guessing these both can't be true. Did you mean longer *straights* and really tight curves?
Not a member but I've been there a few times. The 200m track has extremely banked turns. A basketball and vollyball court infringe on lanes 1-2 so if you want to do 200's you'll have to measure where to start/finsh. The 200m track is nested inside a larger track. The larger track is roughly 415m and only has 2 or 3 lanes. The turns on the other side of the 415m track are tight and unbanked. On the 415m straitaway there is a slight incline. The few times I was there hardly anyone was using the track. It's not bad if you are doing 400m reps or longer. Tough to mananage the turns if you are sprinting on the 200m track.
NYC DeWitt Clinton HS sprinter Brady Crain may still work there call and ask him 212 336 9000.