Are middle lanes fastest in track and field? Data from 8,000 racers shows not so much
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22 July 2021Are middle lanes fastest in track and field? Data from 8,000 racers shows not so much
As a short-distance track and field runner in high school and college, I often found myself wondering which of the eight or sometimes nine lanes on the track was the fastest. It was conventional wisdom that the middle lanes—lanes three through six—were the best.
