| For years, community runners speculated on the true distance
of the track at Mondauk Park in Dresher. Rumor had it that
someone had measured it and it was less than a mile!
Regulars at the track found themselves struggling to run the
same pace in local races. |
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| Finally, someone in the running club measured the
track, and lo and behold -- it was found to be only .93
miles! More precisely, the first quarter was 1245 feet,
the first half 2470 feet (.46 miles), the three-quarter marker
was actually 3690 feet, and the total track was only 4890
feet. (That was the inside circumference; the outside was
closer to 5000 feet.) |
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Recent alterations to the track by Upper Dublin
Township now make the track a full and complete mile. In
addition, bringing the track "in" will reduce the backup
into the Dillon Road parking entrance (e.g., on soccer and
baseball days).
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| Time will tell whether the longer track will produce faster
runners or more complaints. In the meantime, local residents
can more confidently say how many miles they treked, and know that
they were "real" miles. The Ambler Area Running
Club thanks Upper Dublin Township for its improvements to the
Mondauk Park track. |
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(November 10, 2002)
Quarter-mile marker posts are now up at the correct
positions of the track.
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