Reverse 400 meters running Clockwise (not counter-clockwise)

Running counter clockwise started in the 6th century BC and has stayed that way ever since.

The University of Ghent to study why all athletic track events run anti-clockwise, the 2011 Brussels Diamond League hosted an unusual event… the Reverse 400 meters running clockwise!

Take a look at the YouTube video below and my body just hurts watching the race.  It’s bad enough running the 400 meters, but to have the body move in a way your mind does not want to do?

How do you pace yourself?

That last 100m is on a curve (which is no big deal, as we used to do a lot of 3x300m workouts running curve-straight-curve)

The guy in Lane 8 has one long curve to finish the race!

I don’t know about you, but this is just way too weird for me.

I agree with E. Garry Hill of T&FN… bring back the Outdoor 500 meters!