Gerry Lindgren's Former Nat HS 2mi Indoor Record

He covered those 2mi in 8:40 by the way, and the record was held for about 40 years if I remember correctly.

On some of the newer bouncier tracks his time would've been around 8:20.

Was His Time Faster Than it Should've Been? wrote:

Gerry's former 2mi record was on a wooden indoor track that took 11 laps to complete a mile. Gerry was an incredible athlete and his effort should be appreciated, but don't you think he probably had a bit of an advantage over most other 2 milers by competing on that track? My logic is that the constant turning probably made him go faster because he probably had to lean a lot on the turns, carrying momentum. Kind of like those vortex bank things you see in malls where you drop a penny in and as the hole get's narrower, the penny gains speed. Can a shorter track with lots of turns make a track "faster"?

You're not serious right?

Those 11 lap board tracks were like running in a lumberyard.

The rest is gibberish.

Come to Richmond, VA to try and run a fast 2-mile on an 11 lap/mile track.

The craziest is running the 4x400 there. Each runner does 2 3/4 laps and exchanges are set up like a 4x100.

Creaky Bones wrote:

Was His Time Faster Than it Should've Been? wrote:

Gerry's former 2mi record was on a wooden indoor track that took 11 laps to complete a mile. Gerry was an incredible athlete and his effort should be appreciated, but don't you think he probably had a bit of an advantage over most other 2 milers by competing on that track? My logic is that the constant turning probably made him go faster because he probably had to lean a lot on the turns, carrying momentum. Kind of like those vortex bank things you see in malls where you drop a penny in and as the hole get's narrower, the penny gains speed. Can a shorter track with lots of turns make a track "faster"?

You're not serious right?

Was His Time Faster Than it Should've Been? wrote:

Gerry's former 2mi record was on a wooden indoor track that took 11 laps to complete a mile. Gerry was an incredible athlete and his effort should be appreciated, but don't you think he probably had a bit of an advantage over most other 2 milers by competing on that track? My logic is that the constant turning probably made him go faster because he probably had to lean a lot on the turns, carrying momentum. Kind of like those vortex bank things you see in malls where you drop a penny in and as the hole get's narrower, the penny gains speed. Can a shorter track with lots of turns make a track "faster"?

Solid 4/10 just for the humor. You took a nice shot here. Thanks for the chuckle.

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Was His Time Faster Than it Should've Been? wrote:

Gerry's former 2mi record was on a wooden indoor track that took 11 laps to complete a mile. Gerry was an incredible athlete and his effort should be appreciated, but don't you think he probably had a bit of an advantage over most other 2 milers by competing on that track? My logic is that the constant turning probably made him go faster because he probably had to lean a lot on the turns, carrying momentum. Kind of like those vortex bank things you see in malls where you drop a penny in and as the hole get's narrower, the penny gains speed. Can a shorter track with lots of turns make a track "faster"?

No. 11 laps-to-a-mile tracks are way slower.

Anyway, Lindgren still has the record. Cheserek's 8:39 is a non-record in truth, since he was 19 years old. Should not be counted.

He probably would be 8:25 or so on a modern track. This is comparable to Ryun's 3:55 at about the same time (3:55 =8:21)