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

Mark
You have identified one of the great problems with track measurements.
There are many, many (too many) high school tracks that are measured incorrectly in the US. This is how it works sometimes: A school district wants to build a new track. They hire different subcontractors to build the foundation, the irrigation, the rubber, surveyor, and stripper (line painter).
The surveyor is usually state licensed with no clue about the measurement rules (curb vs. no curb. Because of the expense and logisitcs, most high school tracks are built without a curb but the surveyor measurers it as though it would have one!
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