Track running:a rant
KandGRanch
Posts: 131 Member
Please stop walking shoulder to shoulder with your small herd of people. You are not playing Red Rover, you are blocking the whole track and making faster traffic dart into the grass to get around you.
"Excuse me," or, "on your left" is not the appropriate moment to stop walking dead in your tracks, especially considering I stomp like a woundedbuffalo and you aren't wearing headphones. I know you hear me coming.
Sneering at someone as they run past you-again- is not cause for attempts to trip that person. You are here to walk,they came to run. Trip the wrong person and they may follow you out to the parking lot (yes, I mean I will hunt you).
"Excuse me," or, "on your left" is not the appropriate moment to stop walking dead in your tracks, especially considering I stomp like a woundedbuffalo and you aren't wearing headphones. I know you hear me coming.
Sneering at someone as they run past you-again- is not cause for attempts to trip that person. You are here to walk,they came to run. Trip the wrong person and they may follow you out to the parking lot (yes, I mean I will hunt you).
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People ride side by side on the bike trails blocking the entire path, especially couples. It's very annoying to have to slow down for a bunch of jerks.0
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Thank you thank you thank you!!!!0
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drama
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run outside lanes from the walkers .Please stop walking shoulder to shoulder with your small herd of people. You are not playing Red Rover, you are blocking the whole track and making faster traffic dart into the grass to get around you.
"Excuse me," or, "on your left" is not the appropriate moment to stop walking dead in your tracks, especially considering I stomp like a woundedbuffalo and you aren't wearing headphones. I know you hear me coming.
Sneering at someone as they run past you-again- is not cause for attempts to trip that person. You are here to walk,they came to run. Trip the wrong person and they may follow you out to the parking lot (yes, I mean I will hunt you).0 -
When I see cyclists NOT riding in single file on narrow roads, I like to yell out, "don't ride abreast - ride a bike!" :drinker:0
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no such thing here-the whole track is five lanes wide. If you have five people side by side, you either jump the barrier and run in the grass or dart the other way, up a set of stairs, and through the bleachers.
run outside lanes from the walkers .Please stop walking shoulder to shoulder with your small herd of people. You are not playing Red Rover, you are blocking the whole track and making faster traffic dart into the grass to get around you.
"Excuse me," or, "on your left" is not the appropriate moment to stop walking dead in your tracks, especially considering I stomp like a woundedbuffalo and you aren't wearing headphones. I know you hear me coming.
Sneering at someone as they run past you-again- is not cause for attempts to trip that person. You are here to walk,they came to run. Trip the wrong person and they may follow you out to the parking lot (yes, I mean I bwill hunt you).0 -
You're running. You have a larger velocity. Knock them down and keep running.0
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inside lanes / outside lanes seem to vary from place to place....
annoying when people spread across everything like they own the whole track...
one other annoyance I have though, I'll be walking in the walking lane to stretch, cool down etc - someone will be running in that lane, cut around me and then cut right back in front of me - literally jacking right in front of me - let's see, you can take another four or five steps and then cut back over jagoff....0 -
^^^You're running. You have a larger velocity. Knock them down and keep running.0 -
wtf? Why would people go walking on a running track?
Here the appropriate etiquette would be for you to keep to the inside lane (because you are going faster), shout TRACK as loud as you can as you come up behind them, and then barge them.0 -
You're running. You have a larger velocity. Knock them down and keep running.
LOVE this ^^^
Same thing happens to me sometimes. It's been my experience that if you run past them REAL close, they (sometimes) get the hint and move or consolidate. Plus they likely don't want someone's sweaty body rubbing against them.
The last few months, I've started doing my runs at non-peak times. It's not your fault some groups hog the lanes like they own the track, but have you considered altering your schedule? You shouldn't have to accomodate the ignorance of others, but it is what it is.0 -
wtf? Why would people go walking on a running track?
Here the appropriate etiquette would be for you to keep to the inside lane (because you are going faster), shout TRACK as loud as you can as you come up behind them, and then barge them.
That's how I learned- faster on the inside- walkers on the outside.
There have never been more than 2-3 people on the track with me- but I always pass on their left- so they are on my right- and I tell ON THE LEFT.
Walking 5 wide and taking up enough of the track to make someone jump around is incredibly rude- I'd have no issues calling out and then giving a shoulder if they don't move over.0 -
You're running. You have a larger velocity. Knock them down and keep running.
I like the way you think! :drinker:0 -
Reverse direction so you're running at them and play chicken. You could even speed up and put your head down so they know you mean business.0
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You're running. You have a larger velocity. Knock them down and keep running.
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Funny thing, I find that a little civility really works well here. Oftentimes, those walkers just don't understand track etiquette, so you have to help them out. A couple of times, I've had to say to walkers in the inside lane "Excuse me, would you mind moving out a lane or two? I'm going to be running some really fast laps for a workout and I don't want to run any farther than I have to." Said politely and with a smile, the answer has always been "Oh sure, no problem!" Being nice returns nice responses most of the time.0
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Trip the wrong person and they may follow you out to the parking lot (yes, I mean I will hunt you).
Wait, if I trip someone at a track I get to take them home?! I gotta find a track!
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Reverse direction so you're running at them and play chicken. You could even speed up and put your head down so they know you mean business.
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Funny thing, I find that a little civility really works well here. Oftentimes, those walkers just don't understand track etiquette, so you have to help them out. A couple of times, I've had to say to walkers in the inside lane "Excuse me, would you mind moving out a lane or two? I'm going to be running some really fast laps for a workout and I don't want to run any farther than I have to." Said politely and with a smile, the answer has always been "Oh sure, no problem!" Being nice returns nice responses most of the time.
My first reaction would be just the opposite of this, but Carson is right....0 -
Suddenly I wish I had the same problems as the OP so I could do this...maybe I'll just do it anywaysReverse direction so you're running at them and play chicken. You could even speed up and put your head down so they know you mean business.0 -
wtf? Why would people go walking on a running track?
Here the appropriate etiquette would be for you to keep to the inside lane (because you are going faster), shout TRACK as loud as you can as you come up behind them, and then barge them.
That's how I learned- faster on the inside- walkers on the outside.
There have never been more than 2-3 people on the track with me- but I always pass on their left- so they are on my right- and I tell ON THE LEFT.
Walking 5 wide and taking up enough of the track to make someone jump around is incredibly rude- I'd have no issues calling out and then giving a shoulder if they don't move over.
It's the opposite at my gym's indoor track. Walkers to the inside, clearly painted on the track in multiple places. Unfortunately, people pay no attention to this and are walking on the outside, the inside, up the center ...
Good thing there are never very many of them so there's plenty of room to go around.
And too the people who say just run them over - I may have an increased velocity, but I have little mass compared to most. I'm afraid my momentum would not be sufficient and I'd end up just bouncing off :laugh:0 -
Reverse direction so you're running at them and play chicken. You could even speed up and put your head down so they know you mean business.
Awesome! :drinker:0 -
And nobody has recommended crop dusting them yet?0
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Here in NY people bring their kids bikes, soccer balls, dogs, strollers, etc onto the track. These teenagers were kicking a ball across the track (all 6 lanes) trying to mess up people or trip them. Well I am pretty athletic and kicked that ball over the fence and into the woods. Then I picked up the pace and didn't go back for 3 days because I was scared, but it felt amazing nonetheless.0
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I am lucky, a lot of times I'm the only one at my track. There are never more than two or three other people. But sometimes the grounds keeper stares at me and it really creeps me out!0
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If they're playing Red Rover aren't you just supposed to smash through them?0
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I've never understood walking on a track either - snore. But our track has signs up telling walkers to stay to the outside lanes and people are pretty good about adhering to that.0
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Last night a couple with 3 little kids was walking around the track. Well, the husband did run a few laps but most of the time they were all walking side-by-side taking up about 4 lanes. During a fast interval two of the kids suddenly decide to turn 90° and dart right in front of me. I yelled at the parents but they paid no attention. If they want to all go for a walk there's like a zillion miles of sidewalk everywhere, there's the mall, there are greenways, there are trails. All nearby!0
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Was there really no room to go between them? On the track I use there are about 5 lanes, but even if people were walking 1-per-lane as 5 across, there would be room to go between them! If they were zigzagging and/or had kids with them I would definitely yell something as I approached as well ("On your left" or "Watch out" or "Coming through" or something like that). If it happened repeatedly (as in, multiple days, or a bunch of laps on the track) I would stop and politely explain to them the track etiquette. I'd just say "Hey, do you guys mind keeping lane 1 clear for me for a little while? I don't want to accidentally run into one of your kids as I come by!".0
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Reverse direction so you're running at them and play chicken. You could even speed up and put your head down so they know you mean business.
HAHAHAA!!0
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