<p>Does Johns Hopkins still have a track around the lacrosse field? I heard rumors it had been torn up.</p>
<p>It has been, and replaced by a black clay-track type material. There is a 1/10 mile track in the rec center however, and you can still run around the outside of the Lacrosse field--this is very close to 400 m. I heard that a track will be built, but I'm not sure.</p>
<p>is the black clay stuff where the track used to be? so if you ran one time around it would it be 400m?</p>
<p>Approximately.</p>
<p>You can always run the almost exactly 2 miles around campus: <a href="http://www.mapmyrun.com/run/united-states/md/baltimore/335365963%5B/url%5D">http://www.mapmyrun.com/run/united-states/md/baltimore/335365963</a></p>
<p>The black clay stuff is a little less than a quarter mile, so it's just a bit shy of a full lap at a normal track.</p>
<p>Are they planning on putting in an all weather track?? I hope they do...</p>
<p>They better, I'm not sure I can go to a school that doesn't respect track.</p>
<p>One of the cool things about Hopkins is that it's a university first, before anything else. So while things like a track are important, making sure there are amazing faculty and academic resources comes before luxuries (like a track). </p>
<p>You definitely can't make that same statement for many schools in the US who fail to secure top faculty and resources because they want their gym to have a waterslide or a lazy river....</p>
<p>From what I am told by members of the track team, is that a track is planned to be built at JHU eastern campus, which is a purely Administrative campus (i.e. office buildings). It's a 15 minute walk from homewood. Not very beneficial to anyone who wants a real track to run on.</p>
<p>sounds kewl since I am currently in Track and Cross Country</p>