Tennessee is going to resurface their track, which made me wonder what the current surface is and what the new surface will be.
Can anybody comment on the plusses and minuses of the various surfaces? Seems like Mondo has a reputation of being too hard on distance runners but good for sprinters. Rekortan and Beynon seem similar and are probably more springy. If you had to choose a surface, which would you choose?
In the SEC I was able to identify 11 of the 12 surfaces from media guides, internet sites. I saw Mondo (Arkansas, Ole Miss, Florida, Vandy), Rekortan (Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia), Beynon aka Martin Surfacing (LSU, Auburn), Sika Bram (Miss. State), and Erotan (S. Carolina). Kentucky has mystery surface.
Can anybody comment on the plusses and minuses of the various surfaces? Seems like Mondo has a reputation of being too hard on distance runners but good for sprinters. Rekortan and Beynon seem similar and are probably more springy. If you had to choose a surface, which would you choose?
In the SEC I was able to identify 11 of the 12 surfaces from media guides, internet sites. I saw Mondo (Arkansas, Ole Miss, Florida, Vandy), Rekortan (Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia), Beynon aka Martin Surfacing (LSU, Auburn), Sika Bram (Miss. State), and Erotan (S. Carolina). Kentucky has mystery surface.
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