What distance is a lap of a field?

tommyhans · 20-06-2012 11:44AM #1

I am building my running up every week and after starting off at 3 laps of a gaa field four weeks ago i am now on seven but i want to know how many laps is 5k. I would like to know if i can run 5k before i go out on the road and collapse half way!!

JazzyJ · 20-06-2012 11:48AM

Length - 130m minimum to 145m maximum
Width - 80m minimum to 90m maximum

So should be 420m to 470m for a lap, but I'm sure I've played on smaller ones. Most probably wouldn't be the full size.

martyeds · 20-06-2012 02:42PM

If you have a smart phone, you could down load one of those running apps. It logs your distance, speed and so on. I use endomondo. Its very good and its free also.

Tom Joad · 20-06-2012 02:55PM

Have measured perimeter of local gaa pitch - its 410 meters. Rule of thumb I use when doing laps is 4 laps equals 1 mile. So if you can do 12 laps of the field you are doing 5k - only difference with laps and the road is that laps will be on level ground the road will probably have a few hills!!

PDCAT · 20-06-2012 07:36PM

Tom Joad wrote: »

Have measured perimeter of local gaa pitch - its 410 meters. Rule of thumb I use when doing laps is 4 laps equals 1 mile. So if you can do 12 laps of the field you are doing 5k - only difference with laps and the road is that laps will be on level ground the road will probably have a few hills!!

i regulary run around my local GAA Pitch when training. Normally I wear a Garmin (GPS) and it measures one lap approx 0.28 of a mile. Normally get to 1 mile marker about 3.5 laps. All GAA Pitch's may be slightly different though. But i would say 5 miles around pitch for me would be 17.5 laps.