Equivalent lap times

henryd65

Hoping someone can point me to a site which calculates this:

Say I have to do 1 mile repeats at the track at 6 minute pace. This is based on lane 1. Trying to find what the pace should be when running 4 laps in lane 3.
I don't want to start the mile futher up lane 3, I want to runs 4 laps even though it will be further than 1 mile.

thanks.

emerald007

This should help you

http://www.mathsisfun.com/activity/olympic-athletics-track.html

but you'll have to do the maths and running in lane 3 yourself ;-)

emerald007

Eagle AC seem to have solved the problem already

http://eagleac.net/training/pace-guide-for-lane-3-at-the-cit-track/

ultrapercy

henryd65 wrote: »

Hoping someone can point me to a site which calculates this:

Say I have to do 1 mile repeats at the track at 6 minute pace. This is based on lane 1. Trying to find what the pace should be when running 4 laps in lane 3.
I don't want to start the mile futher up lane 3, I want to runs 4 laps even though it will be further than 1 mile.

thanks.

Each lane is 7 meters longer than the one inside it. Divide your time in seconds by 1600 and multiply by 1600 plus 7 for each extra lane. eg 6 mins =360 sec divided by 1600 =0.225 x 1600 +14(lane 3, 7x2) 363.15 (6:03). 4 laps run in lane 3 is a fraction over 1 mile(1609).

henryd65

Thanks for the link - its the not having to do the maths part that I am looking for.

I have seen lots of sites that give some parts of what I am looking for, but I can't find anywhere that shows it all.

In summary, if it takes 6 minutes to run 4 laps in lane 1, how long should it take to runs 4 laps in lane 3 (and hopefully be able to work with other distances/speed).

ultrapercy

henryd65 wrote: »

Thanks for the link - its the not having to do the maths part that I am looking for.

I have seen lots of sites that give some parts of what I am looking for, but I can't find anywhere that shows it all.

In summary, if it takes 6 minutes to run 4 laps in lane 1, how long should it take to runs 4 laps in lane 3 (and hopefully be able to work with other distances/speed).

At 6min pace each lane is roughly 1.5 secs longer than the lane inside for 7 min its 1.8 sec so it doesn't make a whole lot of difference but its quite a difference between lane 1 and 8.

walshb

emerald007 wrote: »

Eagle AC seem to have solved the problem already

http://eagleac.net/training/pace-guide-for-lane-3-at-the-cit-track/

Excellent. I always knew math served a purpose!

Murph_D

walshb wrote: »

Excellent. I always knew math served a purpose!

Let's not get carried away. It's only a bit of arithmetic.