Difference between asphalt and tartan/spurtan!

Thor · March 31, 2003, 10:33am

Dear group…

Having done all my speed-training on asphalt and seeing that next week i will get access to a spurtan-track and get to wear spikes, what kind of time improvement could i reasonably expect ?

I got videofilmed during training today and my 60 meter time from a standing start seems to be 7.15 (Into a slight headwind ,on a [u]slightly/urising road,in the middle of a slightly busy road:mad:)

Charlie_Francis · March 31, 2003, 2:28pm

But it might be windshield assisted.

Thor · March 31, 2003, 4:57pm

Upon further review the time looks more like a 7.4 - never trust a stranger with a stopwatch !

Let me rephrase the question -

Will running on a real track with real spikes make much of a difference?

Charlie_Francis · March 31, 2003, 5:30pm

Should make a difference of several tenths.

Thor · April 1, 2003, 12:52am

Here´s hoping !

prophet · April 1, 2003, 9:39pm

Originally posted by Charlie Francis
But it might be windshield assisted.

Charlie, that’s the perfect avatar for that type of statement!