running track

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

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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.

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