Use 300M Hurdle Marks to run the 200M Hurdles

Use 300M Hurdle Marks to run the 200M Hurdles

So, you're on a track that has the hurdle marks for the 300 Meter Intermediate Hurdles,
but you want to run the 200 Meter Intermediate Hurdle race. What's a person to do?

The 200 Meter hurdle race typically uses the SAME hurdle marks as the LAST 5 hurdle marks of the 400 Meter hurdle race.

Option 1: Create 5 new hurdle marks in every lane (because the 300M hurdle marks are 5 meters off)
     Measure out the proper spacing and create 5 new marks in every lane. A TON of work!

Option 2: Alter the start/finish line by 5 meters.

What to do:

a) Back up your Finish line by 5 meters (so the finish line is actually now the 395 Meter line)
     Easy - just measure 5 meters back from the common finish and run a white tape across the track.

b) Back up your Starting marks by 5 meters
     No so easy, as the start is staggered - measure 5 meters back from the typical 200 Meter staggered start in each lane.

c) Don't put a hurdle on the last hurdle mark of the 200 Meter race (as that would make the 200 Hurdlers have to jump SIX hurdles)

Check out the table below: (Everything is in metric)

Distance	Starting Line	Hurdle Mark Number								Finish Line
Distance	Starting Line	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Finish Line
300	100	145	180	215	250	285	320	355	390	0
200	195	215	250	285	320	355	N/A	N/A	N/A	395

With this altered alignment, notice that in the 200 Meter race, Hurdles 1 through 5 exactly line up on the same marks as Hurdles 5 through 9 in the 300 Meter race!