running 200m on the outside of the lane gives you an extra of around 4m if you run on the outside lane marker, running 400m like this makes 8m extra.
Running a 10000m totally in lane 2 gives you a total distance of 10195m :rolleyes:
[taken from “better training for distance runner”
roughly 2.8m per bend in lane 2 compared to lane 1. (measure the stagger)
but because it is very easy to run side by side in one lane, the added distance will be as little as 1.6m per bend. ]
So therefore, running wide in your lane, forces you to run 1.6m further.
Say, running 200m in 21sec. 2sec start then average 10m per sec.
Then the 1.6m costs you in time, 0.16sec. If you run the whole way in the outside of your own lane!!
sure about this?
I thought the staggers are 3.9/bend
If we take the width of each lane to be 1m, then the diameter of the bends will increase by 2m for each consecutive lane, and hence the length of each semi-circular bend will increase by (pi x 2 ) ÷ 2 = pi metres . This is the extra distance that the ‘stagger’ is designed to make up for.
If the width of the lanes is d m , instead of simply 1 m, then the increased distance, and hence stagger required, will be (pi x 2 d ) ÷ 2 = pi x d metres
most tracks are 1.25m so pi * 1.25 = 3.92m
don’t want to be mr wiseguy so correct my if i’m wrong, never measured it on the track so i’m not sure about this.
IAAF rule 161. width of lane 1.22m.
IAAF 400m standard track. lane2-3.1519m, lane3-7.352m,lane4-11.185m,lane5-15.017m lane6-18.850m, lane7-22.683m .lane8-26.516m
length of straight-84.390m
construction length of curve (semi circle)-114.668m
FANNY BLANKERS-KOEN
Marc Raquil of France, left, runs to the line to win the gold medal in the Men’s 4x400 meters relay ahead of Britain’s Tim Benjamin, right, who took the silver, and Poland’s Rafal Wieruszewski, bronze, during the European Athletics Championships in Goteborg, Sweden, Sunday Aug. 13, 2006
Dwain Chambers hoves the baton to Darren Campbell in the 2006 Euro 4x100 final
MLF anchors Britain’s winning relay 2006 Euros. Check his left foot
I noticed the left foot before I read your comment. Major ext rotation :eek:. Quite the contrast to Francis’s foot/feet in some of the earlier pics. Also, is it me does his legs look huge!?!
Peace everyone
Harry Aikines-Aryeetey of Great Britain (3rd R-#283) sprints to victory in the men’s 100m final, 16 August 2006, in Beijing at the 11th IAAF Junior World Championships. Aikines-Aryeetey won gold with a time of 10.37 as Canada’s Justin Warner (L-#97) took silver with a time of 10.39 as Jamaica’s Yohan Blake (2nd L-#410) won bronze with a time of 10.42.
Tezdzhan Naimova ® of Bulgaria crosses the finish line first in the women’s 100m final, 16 August 2006, in Beijing at the 11th IAAF Junior World Championships. Naimova finished with a time of 11.28 ahead of silver medallist Gabby Mayo of the USA (Lane 8) and bronze medallist Carrie Russel of Jamaica (Lane 3).
Who still does open handoffs for the 4x100? :eek:
My coach would kill us if this happened. THis one must have been a bad one to begin with.
i think the coach would be more concerned that Campbell was looking back, but perhaps he took off early or Chambers was losing velocity too rapidly and so the race didn’t go as well as training. Then again you’ve got a stage for conflict there between those two guys. Campbell refused to jog a victory lap after this race because of Chambers’ presence in the team.
You guessed it, Campbell took off WAY to early, I saw the Highlight on BBC
17/08/2006 22:20
Brian Barnett of Canada (R/#93) leads his competitors around the bend in a men’s 200 metres semifinal, 17 August 2006 in Beijing, at the 11th IAAF Junior World Championships. Barnett won the race with a time of 20.96 ahead of Ihor Bodrov of Ukraine (not pictured) who clocked 21.18 and Ecuador’s Franklin Nazareno (L/#192) at 21.25 as all three qualified for the final
Jamaica’s Anasthasia Leroy (2/L#343) chases China’s Wang Jing (2/R#124) and Jeneba Tarmoh of the United States (2/#638) round the bend in a women’s 200 metres semifinal, 17 August 2006 in Beijing, at the 11th IAAF Junior World Championships. Leroy won the race with a time of 23.57 seconds ahead of Wang who clocked a time of 23.78 and Tarmoh at 23.91 as all three qualified for the final. At left is Valentine Aeeieta of Switzerland who finished 7th with a time of 24.93.
Looking at Wang Jing you can really see the line of strain (via fascia) from the left foot up to the opposite shoulder…applied anatomy trains 
Is it just me or are almost ALL chinese sprinters generally tight when they run? That includes the professional/international Level! I can always bet on a strained facial expression and tense/forced movments.