running track

English

A running track in Oxford, England, named after Sir Roger Bannister, who broke the four-minute mile barrier here.

Noun

running track (plural running tracks)

1. (athletics) a track marked with several lanes, which is used for competitive running events.

   Synonym: athletics track

2. (rail transport) A line on which trains can run, as opposed to a siding.

   Synonym: running line

   • 2021 December 29, Stephen Roberts, “Stories and facts behind railway plaques: Didcot (1932)”, in RAIL, number 947, page 61:

     There is a broad-gauge transfer shed, lengths of running track with reconstructed stations, and a bit of Brunel's ill-fated atmospheric railway.

Translations

track for running events

• Dutch: atletiekbaan (nl) f, renbaan (nl) f
• Finnish: juoksurata (fi)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: løpebane (no) m

  Nynorsk: løpebane m or f, laupebane m or f

• Polish: bieżnia (pl) f
• Russian: бегова́я доро́жка f (begovája doróžka)
• Swedish: löparbana c
• Turkish: koşu pisti
• Ukrainian: бігова доріжка f (bihova dorižka)

Further reading

• running track on Wikipedia.Wikipedia