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Triguy98 posted 2 years ago.
I hated UCFs practice track. There was never any girls on it. I just ran in the evenings, I dont remember all the streets, but there was one side street on the east side of campus I'd run down and then a lap around campus.
How did you figure 10 laps a mile? never ran on a track that was 10... there's 440 yard and 400m tracks.
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rob6118 posted 2 years ago.
IDK How I figured 10 laps... I had run there last year a few times, and thought I remember it being 10 laps a mile, but obviously not. Oh and it all depends on the time you run at... Apparently college aged women do not run at 6am in the morning. But 11-4pm works really nicely, and sometimes in the evening.
Ideally I'm going to stop being lazy and measure a route out on one of my cycling routes that way I don't have to lap so much. I just haven't bothered measuring one yet. Even with the distractions, and 8 lap vs 10 laps, the track gets a little tedious. Am I on lap 75, or 74? Especially when you are gabbing with someone you are pacing.
Oh but on the other hand I like running on the track because each lap I have somebody to pass. On a typical 7 mile run I get a lot of guys who want to just run a mile, so I pace them or try to pass them doing a 7 mile pace, when they are going their full 1 mile pace. And then you have what I call the one lap wonders...lol. I think this little extra bit of motivation is similiar to race day, and makes for some faster training as opposed to running by myself.
Rob
The secret is to start running on a new track and never ask anyone exactly how many laps is one mile. Just estimate off of your own experience. Then you will run for a month (40 miles) before stumbling across the fact that the track is 8 laps a mile instead of the 10 you thought it was. All of a sudden your pudgy and very frustrating 9-10 minute mile pace, becomes a decent 7-8 min mile pace. Not only does this strategy push you to run faster, it pushes you to run farther. And magically when it comes to race day you will notice an amazing 2 minute drop in run times even though you just got done swimming and biking!
Lol I'm sure I'm not alone, but I thought it was pretty funny when I figured out that no I wasn't really that out of shape. (And my sudden flare up of ITB synd. makes more sense when I did a 9.5 mile run the 3rd week of training when I haven't run in 6 months).
And if anyone is curious why I run on a track...I go to UCF. 8 laps a mile means I get to see the same feminine figure 8 times a mile *grin*. Lance arm strong has a coach pacing him, ummmm I have 'goals' to pass each lap.