PSU Multi-Sport Facility Staggers
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The chart below gives the number of laps you need to run to get certain distances in each lane on Penn State's Multi-Sport Facility/Horace Ashenfelter III indoor track (between the Bryce Jordan Center and the outdoor track). They are based on a 42 inch lane width. The length of stagger per lap per lane is 2*pi*(42in) = 263.9 in ~ 22 ft. As an example, if you want to run 800 meters in lane 5, you need to run 3.53 laps, so your stagger is just under half a lap. You start just before the half-lap mark, run to the finish line, and then do 3 more laps to get your 800 meters.
NOTE: Lane 6 on the indoor track is almost exactly the same length as the jogging track above the bleachers in Rec Hall: about 6.85 laps per 1600. Run 10 more yards and you have a mile.
| Lane | 200m | 400m | 600m | 800m | 1000m | 1200m | 1400m | 1600m |
| 1 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 3.00 | 4.00 | 5.00 | 6.00 | 7.00 | 8.00 |
| 2 | 0.97 | 1.94 | 2.90 | 3.87 | 4.84 | 5.81 | 6.77 | 7.74 |
| 3 | 0.94 | 1.87 | 2.81 | 3.75 | 4.69 | 5.62 | 6.56 | 7.50 |
| 4 | 0.91 | 1.82 | 2.73 | 3.63 | 4.54 | 5.45 | 6.36 | 7.27 |
| 5 | 0.88 | 1.76 | 2.65 | 3.53 | 4.41 | 5.29 | 6.17 | 7.05 |
| 6 | 0.86 | 1.71 | 2.57 | 3.43 | 4.28 | 5.14 | 5.99 | 6.85 |
Here is a table giving the number of laps needed to run a US mile in each lane.
| Lane | Laps to Run 1 Mile |
| 1 | 8.045 (8 laps plus 31 ft) |
| 2 | 7.78 |
| 3 | 7.54 |
| 4 | 7.31 |
| 5 | 7.09 (7 laps plus 60 ft) |
| 6 | 6.89 (73 ft short of 7 laps) |
And here is a table giving the number of US miles per lap in each lane.
| Lane |
Miles/Meters per 1 Lap |
Miles/Meters per 2 Laps |
Miles/Meters per 3 Laps |
Miles/Meters per 4 Laps |
Miles/Meters per 5 Laps |
Miles/Meters per 6 Laps |
Miles/Meters per 7 Laps |
Miles/Meters per 8 Laps |
| 1 | 0.124 / 200 |
0.246 / 400 |
0.372 / 600 |
0.496 / 800 |
0.620 / 1000 |
0.744 / 1200 |
0.868 / 1400 |
0.992 / 1600 |
| 2 |
0.129 / 208 |
0.258 / 415 |
0.387 / 623 |
0.516 / 830 |
0.645 / 1038 |
0.774 / 1246 |
0.903 / 1453 |
1.032 / 1660 |
| 3 | 0.133 / 214 |
0.266 / 428 |
0.399 / 642 |
0.532 / 856 |
0.665 / 1070 |
0.798 / 1284 |
0.931 / 1498 |
1.064 / 1712 |
| 4 | 0.137 / 220 |
0.274 / 441 |
0.411 / 661 |
0.548 / 882 |
0.685 / 1102 |
0.822 / 1323 |
0.959 / 1543 |
1.096 / 1764 |
| 5 | 0.141 / 227 |
0.282 / 454 |
0.423 / 681 |
0.564 / 908 |
0.705 / 1135 |
0.846 / 1362 |
0.987 / 1588 |
1.128 / 1815 |
| 6 | 0.145 / 233 |
0.290 / 467 |
0.435 / 700 |
0.580 / 933 |
0.725 / 1167 |
0.870 / 1400 |
1.015 / 1633 |
1.160 / 1867 |
Note: The North American Race Walking Association has a nice online calculator for any length track and width of lane.