When I was a freshman in college UMASS 1967, there was such a thing as a
1500 meter steeplechase. It was a good introduction to the event because a
young runner could go fast enough to fly over the hurdles and jump before
going into the death march when the barriers grow to six feet high. Too bad
the event vanished the next year. It would be good for the development of
the event to go a mile, or 1500, or 2km, but a mile would capture the
imagination. Now we have to think through the placement of the barriers and
jumps, start and finish, measure, inside and out, etc.,
Tom Derderian, too old for 36" hurdles too young for 30".
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Subject: t-and-f: How about a mile steeplechase?
> Y ask:
>
> I was on vacation the day BB No. 2 got steeple record -- the news was
buried in agate in most papers. Got me to thinking: Are world-class
steeplers capable of running barriers and water jumps under 4 minutes for a
mile? What would the mile steeple entail -- 8 barriers and 3 water jumps?
Anyone ever consider this?
>
> Ken Stone
> http://www.crazytrackideas.com
