# Transcript

Peter

You're in the outside lane. What do you think about the person who's in lane number 1?

Boy

They're gonna be, 'cos they've got a shorter end line than you.

Peter

They've got a shorter run, haven't they?

Boy

They've got to run right round the outside.

Peter

Right. Is that what you were going to say? Now when I was doing that I was thinking, 'Hang on, this person next to me hasn't got as far to run as I have. I've got to run faster, it's not fair'. On the outside of the track, it's a lot longer. How can we make a race that goes right the way round the track fair? Now put your hands down, I want you to think about that, and that's the problem we're going to work on for the rest of this session.

Now that's a mock-up. It tells you where the finish is. What they haven't yet put on is the start line. Where can I put the starting line for the 400 metres?