I have done a half on 1/5 mile track. It wasn't that bad actually and wish they still held the race. I do not run on indoor otherwise because of the injury risk.

I have friends that have run a 24h race on a 500m indoor track in Norway. They had a blast.
The track is under the stands of Bislett stadium.

I also watched Mosop running 75 laps 30k in Eugene. All under 69s.

By the way, a mile is 1609 meters. 4 laps and 9 meters.

Sounds like a great event. For people in prison.

Thinking about relaxing hips is good... thanks for the tip.

I registered for the half. It's just somehow too appealing (in a mildly twisted way) to pass up. I'm going to race, then we'll spend the rest of the weekend hiking in Bryce Canyon.

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I just did an indoor 5k on a 200m track (25 laps) it wasn't bad, but there were only 6 other people in my heat. 200 people? No thanks. I have done a couple 11 mile indoor workouts, I usually warm up and cool down in one direction and workout in the opposite.

http://www.marathonguide.com/....cfm?MIDD=3135150125
Ran the Icebreaker half marathon this past weekend in Milwaukee at the Pettit ice center, about 200 entries total in 2 half marathon races, I ran 1:28 and change, fun event inside lane for the fastest runners and passing, outside for the more pedestrian runners, overall never had an issue with passing or other runners in the way. I did not experience any issues with the turns post race feel as I do after a half marathon on the roads. Time goes very fast and with getting splits for every lap easy to keep an even pace, as I ran each lap between 1:51 and 1:54. DJ pumped in great music, read the reviews of past participants on marthonguide.

I haven't raced a half indoors, but ran about 4 of them last year. We had so much ice outside that I did most of my run training on a an indoor track to avoid treadmills. I am lucky that my track has 2 lanes and each runs the opposite way, so I would change up every 15 minutes or so. But I also did a lot of hip strength training outside of running, and that helped me. I think I hit about 25 km one run and it is a 260m track.

The one area I hate is that the air is often really dry at my track, don't know what eh air quality is like at the track you will go to.

Have a blast, it should be fun. If you have to slow down and stretch out the hip, that's fine, just do it. Good luck!

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Ian

This thread has a lot of information about a marathon on a track, surprised it hasn't been posted.

http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=5075822&page=2

I recall many years ago reading a Runner's World article about a guy in prison who ran a marathon in the prison exercise yard. They actually calculated the number of times around the yard was 26.2