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Lead Stories: Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Lane 8? No problem!

Posted October 17th, 2007 at 12:30 PM by Jimson Lee

Section: Running & Training, Training Tips

The first thing I did before my 200m heat at the 2007 World Masters Athletics Championships in Riccione, Italy was check the track surface to determine which spikes and spike needles to use. The second thing was to check is the size of the curve, or where the curve meets the straightaway.

Initially, they had me in Lane 1. I measured the track and discovered that the curve was 122 meters with a 78 meter straightaway. That’s a pretty “fat” track, so Lane 1 did not bother me. (I would later be reassigned to Lane 2.)
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