Netters, Have you ever been frustrated by having to use the outer lanes of the local high school or college track for your distance interval workouts. You know what you want to do in Lane 1 but are not sure how to adapt your plan to the outer lanes. You could give up on using the track, you could bully your way onto Lane 1, OR you could use the Track Calculator developed by Phil Howell of the North American Racewalking Foundation to help design your workout. The calculator will allow you to: Convert distance to laps - How may laps must I complete to cover 5 miles in Lane 8? Convert laps to distance - How far did I go if I just completed 12 1/2 laps in Lane 3? Convert pace to lap time - What lap time in Lane 5 equates to a 4-minute/kilometer pace? Convert lap time to pace - What was my mile/kilometer pace if my lap time in Lane 1 was 1:35? Compare lane lap times - How do lap times vary by lane if moving at the same mile pace? There is also a calculator for road courses that will allow you to: Convert distance to laps - How may loops must I complete to cover 5 miles? Convert laps to distance - How many miles did I go if I just completed 7 loops? Convert pace to lap time - What loop time equates to a 6-minute-per-kilometer pace? Convert lap time to pace - What was my mile/kilometer pace if my loop time was 7:35? Convert pace to race time Convert race time to pace - What was my mile pace if I completed a marathon in 4:17:23? Give them a try, they're pretty neat! Go to: http://members.aol.com/RWNARF/atrack.htm for the track calculator and http://members.aol.com/RWNARF/ac-road.htm for the road course calculator I also plan to link them to my site under Special Links at the bottom of my Home Page. -- Wayne T. Armbrust, Ph.D. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Computomarx™ 3604 Grant Ct. Columbia MO 65203-5800 USA (573) 445-6675 (voice & FAX) http://www.Computomarx.com "Know the difference between right and wrong... Always give your best effort... Treat others the way you'd like to be treated..." - Coach Bill Sudeck (1926-2000)
