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Countdown to Wokingham: 11 days to go
Feb. 1st, 2006 10:31 pmScary, isn't it.
Back to the track tonight after my layoff (Monday's effort was too half-hearted to count). It was cold and damp, and running was hell. Still, I did eighteen laps altogether, thirteen of them intervals, so I should feel pleased. I wasn't the only one suffering.
I did have a good gripe though, and it turned out I wasn't alone. With sixty or more people of a wide spread of abilities using the track at once, it's obvious that some discipline is required. The club lays down a strict regime of track etiquette, but it seems it's the top runners - the ones you would most expect to set an example, who seem to think the rules don't apply to them. We in the 'basic' group hold to the rules - checking and signalling when changing lanes, using the inside lanes for speed work but moving to the outside for recoveries and doing any walking outside the lanes. The 'advanced' runners, though, behave arrogantly, cutting us up (more than once I've almost been sent flying by a pair of runners going tight on either side) and barging. Tonight was the worst of all - a small group of the top runners doing hard speedwork and then repeatedly stopping in the middle of the track to walk and have a natter! That is dangerous and I was angry - and I wasn't the only one. The complaint has been heard now, by the Club President. We will see whether it was listened to.
Back to the track tonight after my layoff (Monday's effort was too half-hearted to count). It was cold and damp, and running was hell. Still, I did eighteen laps altogether, thirteen of them intervals, so I should feel pleased. I wasn't the only one suffering.
I did have a good gripe though, and it turned out I wasn't alone. With sixty or more people of a wide spread of abilities using the track at once, it's obvious that some discipline is required. The club lays down a strict regime of track etiquette, but it seems it's the top runners - the ones you would most expect to set an example, who seem to think the rules don't apply to them. We in the 'basic' group hold to the rules - checking and signalling when changing lanes, using the inside lanes for speed work but moving to the outside for recoveries and doing any walking outside the lanes. The 'advanced' runners, though, behave arrogantly, cutting us up (more than once I've almost been sent flying by a pair of runners going tight on either side) and barging. Tonight was the worst of all - a small group of the top runners doing hard speedwork and then repeatedly stopping in the middle of the track to walk and have a natter! That is dangerous and I was angry - and I wasn't the only one. The complaint has been heard now, by the Club President. We will see whether it was listened to.
