Indoor Track (posted July 1st of all dates)

[itspersonal]

Just looking for some info here about indoor tracks....I'm in Cali, so bear with me snowed in folks.

What are most indoor tracks made of? (never seen one). What type of spikes are preferrable for each type of surface?

There is an indoor track in Reno (UNR-Bill Cosby track), there is one in LA? Where? Is there one close to the Bay Area as well?

Help a Newbie with this one...THANKS!

[p_finxc]

Just looking for some info here about indoor tracks....I'm in Cali, so bear with me snowed in folks.

What are most indoor tracks made of? (never seen one). What type of spikes are preferrable for each type of surface?

There is an indoor track in Reno (UNR-Bill Cosby track), there is one in LA? Where? Is there one close to the Bay Area as well?

Help a Newbie with this one...THANKS!

they are usually concrete with a hard rubber (no bumps like on outdoor tracks; flat) composite poured over it. you cant have spikes on any of them i dont think. some though are wooden w/ banked turns and have outdoor track-like rubber...but most are the first kind.

btw. ive never done indoor track (skipped it frosh + soph year) lol. i know,though, because my friends from outdoor and xc did it, and we have one at my school

[Ecliptica]

Most good indoor tracks are mondo-synthetic. The type mentioned above, the type usually used for league meets, are typical, but for most "big meets" you will be able to race with spikes. I've raced at the Reggie Lewis Center and the Brown track and I wear the same spikes indoors (pyramids) that I do outdoors. I actually prefer indoor track over outdoor track.

[The Dan]

Most good indoor tracks are mondo-synthetic. The type mentioned above, the type usually used for league meets, are typical, but for most "big meets" you will be able to race with spikes. I've raced at the Reggie Lewis Center and the Brown track and I wear the same spikes indoors (pyramids) that I do outdoors. I actually prefer indoor track over outdoor track.


yeah, sure, its better for sprinters. But its hell trying to breathe in there when you're a distance runner.

[AzN at LARGE]

I might be the only distance runner who likes indoor better.

[itspersonal]

So, at an indoor meet on Mondo or Wood, if they say spikes aren't allowed, you run in sneakers? or in your track spikes without the metal?
(does this question make sense?)

[barton_hurdler]

i have ran on the following indoor tracks:
K-State
Ku
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Eastern Illinios

Indoor tracks can be any shape (distance) that they want to be. The "normal" distance is 200 meters. Where they have the NCAA Champs is at Arkansas which is a 200 meter banked curved track. Majority of tracks are flat, though. The Nebraska, OU, Arkansas, Eastern Illinios tracks as well as all of the good tracks around the world are Mondo. K-state has a tratan track, and KU's is more of just a rubber. on these tracks we were allowed to wear whatever, but most of the time you are to wear 1/4 inch spikes.

Why have indoor meets in Cali, check out Stanford's sechdule, that might give you some ideas as to where meets are.

[dellyJ800]

So, at an indoor meet on Mondo or Wood, if they say spikes aren't allowed, you run in sneakers? or in your track spikes without the metal?
(does this question make sense?)

There's another type of shoe called racing flats. They're like spikes, but the sole is a little bit more cushioned, and obviously, there are no spikes.