Certainly synthetic tracks are nicer and you can run faster, but growing up running track in hot Texas sun, the off gassing is intense. I've never heard anyone talk about this but there is no way it can be healthy taking deep breathes of that smelly chemical filled air.
Tattoos from falls actually make a lot of sense- a lot of older inks are made from ask of different materials, then entered into the skin. Ask plus injured skin plus moisture=tattoo ink
I came into HS a year after they put in a synthetic track. Wonder what they had before? I wasn't a sport kid and so was determined not to care then. was mad how the funding went.
Interesting – when Kilauea erupted into the Leilani Estates in 2018, folks who lived there recorded all kinds of video – and heating the sound of cinder trucks again, I was reminded of heating footsteps on all that lava!
I loved sponge rubber tracks felt so good to run on but understandably as a distance runner I understand why asphalt tracks are better for sprinters ( You missed out on a few different types of tracks Guys) Depending on the track type it regulated the length of the Spikes on your Shoe (Changes in Traction and running styles are important for the medium your running on) Nice Video
You bring up a good point and one that most fans of track and field are unaware of. There needs to be some experimentation in the difference in restitution between all weather tracks and cinder tracks, if you can still find one. I was a sprinter in the 80's and have raced on both cinder and all weather tracks and needless to say there is a big difference. I would love to see the times of Bob Hayes corrected for poor surface quality, I'm sure on a contemporary track his times would be competitive today.
When I was in college (1967-71) our team traveled to College of the Desert near Palm Springs, CA. We ran on a natural grass track because other materials would not survive the dust storms. The grass was cut short and was very soft and very "slow".
When considering the improvements with track surfaces, running shoes, training, and diet, I've wondered how much better the likes of Jesse Owens could have done in the sprints and long jump? As his achievements were remarkable when considering the primitive aspects they were in his prime. Combine the talents of Owens with the modern era, his marks could possibly be unattainable by future generations of track athletes.
Fun history thanks. But, track is track. For obstacles run cross country or marathons. Pole vault, my sport, used to have no pads and a straight pole so u absorbed all the energy at take off and landing – none of us see that as that glory days.
I haven’t been on a cinder track before, I’ve done one season in track and I got to say, synthetic tracks can also tear you up. I took a spill on hurdles and both of my knees got pretty cut up.
When I ran track in school, we were one of the only schools with a synthetic track, so we always hated going to away meets. The cinder didn’t hinder us though! However the other teams would get a little too confident when they see they have a better track to run on than usual when they came to our track. We crushed that confidence quickly 🤣
My high school in the early 80's had a cinder track. We trained on that for cross country and track. When we did go to schools (some high schools had them and the local University as well) that had 'rubber tracks' as we called them then, and our times definitely got better. I'm convinced that training on cinder made us better runners on rubber. When kids from other schools showed up at our meets they would be amazed, saying things like "How do you run on this?" we'd respond with "As fast as you can." In four years of high school, we lost 2 track meets. We had a great coach as well.
During my track season this year I noticed how in the cinder or as I call it dirt track made me slower cause I felt like I was going to slip while running and when I made it to finals their track was synthetic and I shaved down around six seconds for one of my relay teams and got us to second.
We had a mix of synthetic and cinder tracks we practiced and competed on in the late 70s and early 80s. We had to change out our spikes longer or shorter depending on the track surface. The only advantage of cinder was it didn't get as hot as synthetic on +90 degree F summer days.
@mattclark6482
April 26, 2024 at 4:51 am
Certainly synthetic tracks are nicer and you can run faster, but growing up running track in hot Texas sun, the off gassing is intense. I've never heard anyone talk about this but there is no way it can be healthy taking deep breathes of that smelly chemical filled air.
@TokyoNightGirl-fk4cn
April 26, 2024 at 4:51 am
💕Wow🧡🧡🧡💜💜💜💜
@adamr141983
April 26, 2024 at 4:51 am
Commenting for algorithm
@daveinacave
April 26, 2024 at 4:51 am
Tattoos from falls actually make a lot of sense- a lot of older inks are made from ask of different materials, then entered into the skin. Ask plus injured skin plus moisture=tattoo ink
@johnschwalenberg278
April 26, 2024 at 4:51 am
I Have cinder tattoos , high school track class of 81 .
@judithcollins3744
April 26, 2024 at 4:51 am
I bet you could cover this subject again with much longer video.
You have a great voice and manner that makes for us wanting more of your work.
@ghfudrs93uuu
April 26, 2024 at 4:51 am
cinder wasn't perfect is gonna be the name of my next album
@NextNate03
April 26, 2024 at 4:51 am
I had heard that you can either run further or faster without any shoes.
@estebanlacrosse7847
April 26, 2024 at 4:51 am
This wa good
@jonathandevries2828
April 26, 2024 at 4:51 am
…i like single knots
@ludvigborg2826
April 26, 2024 at 4:51 am
we still have a gravle track at my school
@Xeogin
April 26, 2024 at 4:51 am
The video ended right as it had me hooked/my maximum attention. I was expecting more and feel let down. :/
@JazzRadioFfm
April 26, 2024 at 4:51 am
great advantage of cinder tracks: you can analyse your running by looking at the footprints.
@Emthe30something
April 26, 2024 at 4:51 am
I came into HS a year after they put in a synthetic track. Wonder what they had before? I wasn't a sport kid and so was determined not to care then. was mad how the funding went.
@patpierce4854
April 26, 2024 at 4:51 am
Interesting – when Kilauea erupted into the Leilani Estates in 2018, folks who lived there recorded all kinds of video – and heating the sound of cinder trucks again, I was reminded of heating footsteps on all that lava!
@seha6391
April 26, 2024 at 4:51 am
I loved sponge rubber tracks felt so good to run on but understandably as a distance runner I understand why asphalt tracks are better for sprinters ( You missed out on a few different types of tracks Guys) Depending on the track type it regulated the length of the Spikes on your Shoe (Changes in Traction and running styles are important for the medium your running on) Nice Video
@EternamDoov
April 26, 2024 at 4:51 am
I think you meant to use the word "previous" in the title
@petekilner3327
April 26, 2024 at 4:51 am
It’s the same with every sport. Everyone involved always wants to be better in whatever way they can.
@iankilpatrick2576
April 26, 2024 at 4:51 am
I used to run on that track! St. Christopher’s in Richmond, VA.
@MrCombs-fk6bn
April 26, 2024 at 4:51 am
You bring up a good point and one that most fans of track and field are unaware of. There needs to be some experimentation in the difference in restitution between all weather tracks and cinder tracks, if you can still find one. I was a sprinter in the 80's and have raced on both cinder and all weather tracks and needless to say there is a big difference. I would love to see the times of Bob Hayes corrected for poor surface quality, I'm sure on a contemporary track his times would be competitive today.
@dvm7005
April 26, 2024 at 4:51 am
Good to see u officer Gordon
@gfotinakes316
April 26, 2024 at 4:51 am
When I was in college (1967-71) our team traveled to College of the Desert near Palm Springs, CA. We ran on a natural grass track because other materials would not survive the dust storms. The grass was cut short and was very soft and very "slow".
@bloqk16
April 26, 2024 at 4:51 am
When considering the improvements with track surfaces, running shoes, training, and diet, I've wondered how much better the likes of Jesse Owens could have done in the sprints and long jump? As his achievements were remarkable when considering the primitive aspects they were in his prime.
Combine the talents of Owens with the modern era, his marks could possibly be unattainable by future generations of track athletes.
@grumpyguy2877
April 26, 2024 at 4:51 am
When I ran track early 80 s high school cinder tracks were normal. Also our team had to run uphill during all our events 😉😉
@RaindropsBleeding
April 26, 2024 at 4:51 am
I heard him say the word "track" a lot
@chesterwilberforce9832
April 26, 2024 at 4:51 am
Imagine what Jesse Owens would have done with a modern surface, starting blocks, good shoes.
@davidstecchi9501
April 26, 2024 at 4:51 am
1:36.82 equates to a 6:27.28 mile, given even splits.
@philosopher4279
April 26, 2024 at 4:51 am
Fun history thanks. But, track is track. For obstacles run cross country or marathons. Pole vault, my sport, used to have no pads and a straight pole so u absorbed all the energy at take off and landing – none of us see that as that glory days.
@kdaum3359
April 26, 2024 at 4:51 am
I haven’t been on a cinder track before, I’ve done one season in track and I got to say, synthetic tracks can also tear you up. I took a spill on hurdles and both of my knees got pretty cut up.
@Pixieblitzie
April 26, 2024 at 4:51 am
When I ran track in school, we were one of the only schools with a synthetic track, so we always hated going to away meets. The cinder didn’t hinder us though! However the other teams would get a little too confident when they see they have a better track to run on than usual when they came to our track. We crushed that confidence quickly 🤣
@tortiesrule7432
April 26, 2024 at 4:51 am
Noah!
@bryanthegoalie5692
April 26, 2024 at 4:51 am
This makes me want to go jog. Get back into jogging. Back when FLrunners was the Facebook of runners in florida.
@progrexion1575
April 26, 2024 at 4:51 am
Dislike after the giant in skip able add
@wb4180
April 26, 2024 at 4:51 am
Yep this was my high school track experience. We practiced on the gravel tracks but we competed on synthetic tracks
@EpicVideoMaster11
April 26, 2024 at 4:51 am
its CINDA BABY
@mathisparadis8312
April 26, 2024 at 4:51 am
My school is 2 min away from the Québec track.
@kraycrunr
April 26, 2024 at 4:51 am
My high school in the early 80's had a cinder track. We trained on that for cross country and track. When we did go to schools (some high schools had them and the local University as well) that had 'rubber tracks' as we called them then, and our times definitely got better. I'm convinced that training on cinder made us better runners on rubber. When kids from other schools showed up at our meets they would be amazed, saying things like "How do you run on this?" we'd respond with "As fast as you can." In four years of high school, we lost 2 track meets. We had a great coach as well.
@justinrbland
April 26, 2024 at 4:51 am
Glad to see Abilene Christian University got a shout out @1:32! Very cool!
@milkweedsage
April 26, 2024 at 4:51 am
This is so cool. My high school got that synthetic track for the pan am games in the 90s. Still in great condition
@dylanpeters8204
April 26, 2024 at 4:51 am
hello
@sabaradesert
April 26, 2024 at 4:51 am
During my track season this year I noticed how in the cinder or as I call it dirt track made me slower cause I felt like I was going to slip while running and when I made it to finals their track was synthetic and I shaved down around six seconds for one of my relay teams and got us to second.
@jaassil
April 26, 2024 at 4:51 am
track & field
@tjbeard5156
April 26, 2024 at 4:51 am
We still have cinder 😐😂
@adamakrout2408
April 26, 2024 at 4:51 am
my friend ran at Haward a week ago
@mrgold3591
April 26, 2024 at 4:51 am
We had a mix of synthetic and cinder tracks we practiced and competed on in the late 70s and early 80s. We had to change out our spikes longer or shorter depending on the track surface. The only advantage of cinder was it didn't get as hot as synthetic on +90 degree F summer days.