Track Curbing with a Pacing System Inside -- Is This Serious?

Paced light on the inside curb was done years ago on the first pro track circuit.

Anybody who says its new knows little about the history of track and field.

I thought Baylor had a system similar to this that was one of their training staples for guys like Jeremy Wariner and Michael Johnson.

Glad a version like this is finally around. I've wanted one for at least 10 years. My thought back then was to actually have each lane line have its own LED pacing scheme so that others can run in their own lane and at their own pace - maybe in the far future. That being said, the fact that the LED Rabbit can have 3 separate paces is pretty damn sweet. Curious to see how much this costs.

[quote]Its not new wrote:

Paced light on the inside curb was done years ago on the first pro track circuit.

Anybody who says its new knows little about the history of track and field . . . [Quote]

. . . or has not read this thread

So how much are these things going to cost? Cheap enough that individuals can buy them?

wineturtle wrote:

[quote]Its not new wrote:

Paced light on the inside curb was done years ago on the first pro track circuit.

Anybody who says its new knows little about the history of track and field . . . [Quote]

. . . or has not read this thread

Clearly you have not turtle, no one mentions the first pro ITA circuit of the mid 70's.

There is mention in a couple of the posts about it being used prior but not by the pro ITA.

wineturtle wrote:

GhostofConnieSmith wrote:

Some of you oldtimers help us out. I heard the University of Tennessee had some sort of pacing apparatus (lights maybe?) years ago (70’s?).

Always thought it was a cool idea, but never had in confirmed.

MikeO'Hara and a bunch of athletes fought the AAU ban on payments to athletes with The International Track Association meets in MSG NY and elsewhere in '72 > 76 they had pacer lights on the track.

I bet you can find some clips from those meets

mentioned

wineturtle wrote:

wineturtle wrote:

MikeO'Hara and a bunch of athletes fought the AAU ban on payments to athletes with The International Track Association meets in MSG NY and elsewhere in '72 > 76 they had pacer lights on the track.

I bet you can find some clips from those meets

mentioned

Ooops you are correct I did not use the initials ITA I wrote out the words they stood for. Too much information strikes again.

In all honesty, this idea is lame.

As a business, it is lame too., it is a road to nowhere, there is no next level whizbang widget.

My guess is only college and HS runners will be able to use this if its even allowed.

A new era of sport....... wrote:Instead of a rabbit being chased by a dog, they should take away all the runners cell phones and the winner gets his back at the finish. The others are held for one hour. That would make everybody run much harder.

And in a related 2021 story teenage girls junior WR are suddenly better than senior men's...

Where are they now? wrote:

Old Tech wrote:

This is old news. These things were around in the late 60's/70"s and were used on the indoor racing circuit. Several WR attempts used them and added an element of excitement when marketing the meets.

So why are teams interested in The LED Rabbit but not this tech from the 60/70's? You know of a video we can watch to see these, I'm interested in it.

You would have to search for some video but had pacing light bulbs on the curb for record attempts. The difference is the same as computers vs analog. Contemporary technology and marketing -- mainly marketing. Don't think anybody would be interested in '70s tech now even if the company still existed.

Moo Goo wrote:

My guess is only college and HS runners will be able to use this if its even allowed.

I assume it is mainly geared towards training, in which case anybody could use it. Whether or not they would want to, I dunno.

Sdfsdfsdfsdfsdfsdf wrote:

Moo Goo wrote:

My guess is only college and HS runners will be able to use this if its even allowed.

I assume it is mainly geared towards training, in which case anybody could use it. Whether or not they would want to, I dunno.

I remember the good ol' days of running repeats and nailing the posted time... with nothing but our feel for pace.

How many HS programs have budgets that could support a purchase like that.

Time to evolve

Occidental College had some light towers from the ITA days. They didn't work by the time I ran a meet there in the early 1980's. Some track alumni said they worked and used them in the late 1970's maybe '78 or so. They were probably 3 1/2" tall and the base I think was actually concrete. There were 3 sets of plastic rings , one above each other so there could be 3 paces set for the same race. The whole thing looked like a tall and skinny cone. I think they were set up every 100 meters.

DinosaurExtinction wrote:

Time to evolve

Right. Because the dinosaurs shut their brains off to let Google do it all.

Fatty brain wrote:

DinosaurExtinction wrote:

Time to evolve

Right. Because the dinosaurs shut their brains off to let Google do it all.

No, cause Google wasn't invented then.