High school track question

[Lynn]

Anyone know how many times around a high school track equals a mile? I think it's 4, but is that the outside ring or the inside?

[Nichole]

4 laps = 1 mile. Or that's how it was way back when I was in high school. :lol:

I believe it's the inside lane, because when they start races with people all the way in the outside lane, they stagger people so the outside lanes start in front of the people in the inside lanes.

[Lynn]

Oh good. (I love it when I'm right! :lol: ).

Now my next question is: How much more does adding a ring add to a mile?

[Nichole]

Hmm...I'm not sure. Maybe about 3-4 feet or so? I haven't been on a track for a long time. :dunno:

[Jayne]

DH Ran but I am sure he couldn't tell me :lol: I will ask him anyhow!

[Karri]

I want to say lane 2 is 407m, 3 is 415m, and 4 is 423m. I don't know beyond 4. I sometimes run at the track, so that's why I know. I looked it up once. :lol:

[Nichole]

Here you go, Lynn. A calculator for you:

http://www.csgnetwork.com/disttracklanecalc.html

:lol:

Wow Karri, each lane is about 7-8m longer? I didn't realize it was that much! (I swore off tracks a loooong time ago :lol: )

[Lynn]

Whoa. There's a lot of math in that equation. :faint: No thanks. :lol:

[Nichole]

I thought so at first too, but it's really easy. Just leave everything how it is, but change the lane # and it will tell you how long that lane/lap is.

Ok, I'll do it for you:

Lane 1 = 400m
Lane 2 = 407.8m
Lane 3 = 415.7m
Lane 4 = 423.6m
Lane 5 = 431.4m
Lane 6 = 439.3m
Lane 7 = 447.1m
Lane 8 = 454.98m

Voila! More than you ever wanted to know about a track! :lol:

[Karri]

and you doubted me :lol:

( i think that was the site i used when i looked it up months ago. it looks familiar)

[Lynn]

Okay then. So there are 1,609.344 meters in a mile. If I walk on the outside ring 1 mile I'm walking 1819.92 meters.
So:
1819.92
-1609.344
=210.576.

Roughly 1 1/8 miles.

Did I figure that right?

[Nichole]

Yep, looks right to me. :nod:

I didn't doubt you Karri, I just didn't realize there was such a big distance difference between lanes. I used to just stand behind the line they told me to and take off when they shot the starter gun and didn't think about how far I might specifically be running. :lol:

[TtownAnne]

People, this is entirely too much thought about it. :errr: Go run or walk or whatever, feel good for having some exercise, and head on home for a shower. :giggle:

[Lynn]

:lol2:
I was going to get all technical and ask about the triangles and dashes and what not on the track but honestly I don't care. It's something to look at while I walk/run. :)

[tuesdayswife]

The triangles are the beginning and ends of the exchange zones for relay races. :up:

[tuesdayswife]

The dashes are where the hurdles are to be set... I'm sure there are probably different colors depending on whether it's for the 300m hurdles or the 100m hurdles.

[tuesdayswife]

Anything else you'd like to know? :D

[Melissa]

:faint: stop it you are killing me. I know I hit a mile when the machine tells me! :lol:

[MrsPeacefrog]

You know what I learned about this whole thread. You guys are WHACK! you work out the distance via metres then go and convert it into miles for the imperial system! :lol2: So funny! I presumed everything you had was in imperial and was surprised to see you talking metres!

You should switch to metric, then you only have to go just over twice around the track to have walked a kilometre and that sounds way better than 4 times for a mile! :giggle: You can walk twice as far with out doing any extra work! :aok:

[Dennis]

Deb, all the competitions are in metric distances like the rest of the world, which is why the track measurements are metric.