Y ask Y:
Phil W's description of the high-tech indoor track at Nebraska prompts a
memory of a slightly less modern Cornhusker facility. I ran a 600-yard race
at Nebraska's indoor track around 1973 as part of a dual or triangular meet
involving my Kansas Jayhawks (where I was a walk-on hurdler). The track --
following the curve of the stands beneath the football stadium -- was the
shape of a kidney bean! I kid you not.
You had to run tangents, and not hug the curb. I have no idea how any
lap-race mark made on the track could be considered genuine. Never seen a
track like before or since.
Now I expect someone to recall a track that ran all uphill.
Any Nebraskans out there who can confirm my story?
Ken Stone
http://www.weirdtracks.com
