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Reply to "Measuring Track portion of a 5km Course"

I measured a course that started and finished at the 200m mark of a track, with the runners starting going clockwise (opposite direction of normal track race) to the 100m start line, then finishing coming in and running from the 100m to the 200m mark in the normal (counterclockwise) direction.

While I had full access to the track, I felt the track surveyor's measurements were probably more accurate than any ride I could perform, so measured from the 100m start out onto the road portion of the course and back, and just added 400m to that distance.

If we can't assume a track is the correct distance, the whole sport is in trouble.
Westport Road Runners 2.17 Mile
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