Stanley 200-Foot Open Reel Fiberglass Tape

The other day I decided to lay out a one mile long running course in my neighborhood.

I'd roughed one out with my car's odometer measuring out the tenths of a mile but it really wasn't very accurate.

I figured I'd have to make do with a short tape measure used again and again but decided to see what else was available just for the heck of it.

I happened on the Stanley device pictured up top and ordered it from Amazon.

$16.94.

Excellent tool.

Easy and fun to use.

I spent a couple hours walking and marking my course in 200-foot intervals.

The nice thing about the tape being made of fiberglass rather than metal is that you can lay it down along a curve and it will stay there.