Measuring a mile

Interesting link!
But, man, this is complicated!
Seems like you need a g-d college degree just to run around a g-d track!
wow...

I may very well bring my 100 foot tape to the track, just to see if the
track was set up correctly!
Many references in your link to things being off, wrong, non-standard
tracks, etc. Mostly colors, but still...
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Quoted message said:

Proctologically Violated©® said:

I'll be checking this out fortwit, but on a 440 track (inside lane), there
should only be one line for start/finish, whilst on all the other lanes,
there should be separate start/finish lines--with the finish line *before*
the start line. correct?

Correct enough. The start line is usually a single curved line (cascade or
waterfall) to compensate those starting further out, but since runners are
allowed to "break" for the tangent immediately, this doesn't need to
compensate for 4 times round the track * lane length difference.

Quoted message said:

If it is a 400 m track, calibrated to 1 mile (which would seem reasonable
in
the US), then the inside track should *also* have separate start/finish
lines, where the finish line is taken *past* the start line.

Also correct - look around 9 metres before the finish line on the inside
lane for the mile start.

Some good pics and explainations here
http://www.trackinfo.org/csunmarks.html

Last but one pic shows two mile and one mile start lines.

Third pic down from top shoes the common start line for all mutliples of
400m from 1600m up (10000m for example).

In article <[email hidden]>, Proctologically Violated©®
<[email hidden]> writes

Quoted message said:

Interesting link!
But, man, this is complicated!
Seems like you need a g-d college degree just to run around a g-d track!
wow...

I may very well bring my 100 foot tape to the track, just to see if the
track was set up correctly!
Many references in your link to things being off, wrong, non-standard
tracks, etc. Mostly colors, but still...

If the tape is steel you will need to take the temperature (with a
thermometer accredited by the relevant athletics body) and make an
appropriate adjustment for expansion. A fabric tape will obviously
stretch.
--
Ken

Proctologically Violated©® said:

I'll be checking this out fortwit, but on a 440 track (inside lane), there
should only be one line for start/finish, whilst on all the other lanes,
there should be separate start/finish lines--with the finish line *before*
the start line. correct?

As common pointed out, it would be a curved line.

Quoted message said:

If it is a 400 m track, calibrated to 1 mile (which would seem reasonable in
the US), then the inside track should *also* have separate start/finish
lines, where the finish line is taken *past* the start line.

Typically, the finish line will be the usual finish line and the start line
will be further back.

Mile starts often aren't marked.

Quoted message said:

If worse comes to worst, I have a 100 foot tape I could fool with.

Your best bet would be to just measure 9.35m back from the start, and use
that.

You're not going to be able to get it that accurate with an ordinary measuring
tape.

Cheers,
--
Elflord

PV'd said:

I may very well bring my 100 foot tape to the track, just to
see if the track was set up correctly!

Aha, thanks for coming right out and telling us which type of runner
(all runners who post on the net being either ADD or OCD) you are.

Well OK, we don't know that you're not also ADD.

Pendejo,
ADD but not OCD

Charlie Pendejo said:

Pendejo,
ADD but not OCD

Send me the email of you therapist :-D

steve common said:

Correct enough. The start line is usually a single curved line (cascade or
waterfall) to compensate those starting further out, but since runners are
allowed to "break" for the tangent immediately, this doesn't need to
compensate for 4 times round the track * lane length difference.

NB If there are a large number of runners for a given event, but not
enough to require two heats, a race may have two start lines with
different "break for the tangent" rules.

ie the first few dozen runners will take the usual start and break to the
tangent immediatly, but the next "batch" of runners will start on a
different line, some 5 metres or so forward in the outer lanes.

These guys are not allowed to break into the inner lanes until they get
onto the home straight. The choice of who goes where is done by a random
draw.

Quoted message said:

Pendejo said:

Pendejo,
ADD but not OCD

steve common said:

Send me the email of you therapist :-D

Surely you realize that, like Parisians, shrinks leave town in
August. So you're gonna hafta wait.

http://www.nytimes.com/books/97/10/19/home/rossner-august.html