So there are 0 indoor tracks in entire state of Connecticut that will be open for community use this winter.

i do my quarters in 90 secs on the roads man...smokin'

So there are 0 indoor tracks in entire state of Connecticut that will be open for community use this winter.

Seriously? Don't be a freaking wuss. Get out and battle the weather.

we do, 6 days out of 7.

Hello all --

I'm a student athlete home from winter break. I'm a mid-distance runner for my college's D III indoor track team. My main event is the 800. I've been practicing my workouts outside; however, I'm worried about black ice, etc. after big snow storms that might occur later this winter, specifically since I suffered from a high ankle sprain this past fall playing soccer (I am on my college's soccer and lacrosse teams as well) and I have a long history of osteitis pubis, so I do not want to hurt myself running in bad weather. I skimmed through this forum but I couldn't figure out the final decision: are there any indoor tracks that are "open" to the "public" besides in newtown (that is far away from my house)? So far I have called Yale and the man said Coxe Cage is not open to the public. It would be really great if someone who knows could list a summary of which tracks are open (if any).

Thanks SO much!!!

Mebber wrote:

2 questions:

1. Ray, what do you use to measure out 100m increments on roads? do you use a wheel of some sort? tape measure?

2. no offense but Do you expect college students and post-collegiates home for winter break to go out to a hardware store and buy these tools?

... on a side note, it's a bit strange that USATF-CT is a separate chapter from USATF-NE since CT is part of New England. and i think more post-collegiates living in CT would join USATF-CT if they had some access to indoor tracks and better competition in road races. instead they either join USATF-NE or go to NY.

I use a metric wheel. If you are a collegian, ask your old HS coach to measure out some stuff for you and offer to run with his kids during your break. If you're a post collegian, run by the watch as I mentioned in an earlier description of winter workouts.

As to your second point. USATF-CT organization goes back to the days of the AAU. Maine is not in USATF-NE either. They just couldn't get together on a number of issues. If you went back about 15 years ago, the women's competition in CT was better than NE or Maine. Some road races were as competitive if not more so on both sides of the house. Other than New Haven, Manchester, Litchfield and a few others, that is no longer the case.

YALE LOCKED UP I tell ya you not smart enough for YALE so we LOCKED IT therefore no workouts for you, do em on the road GOBBLE GOBBLE!!!

Suggested workouts for CT citizens who are non-Yalies:

10 x 200m at 800/mile race pace in 15 degree weather on Route 34 in new haven, CT

Rest period: whatever the amount of time it takes you to say and repeat "GOBBLE GOBBLE MOFOs!!!!" outloud 10 times after each 200m

GODD LUCK!!!!

Dick Beurkle set an indoor WR for the mile, never having set foot on an indoor track other than for races. He was a travelling salesman, doing workouts late at night in the middle of nowhere, in parking lots, stretches of road, etc.

There are....2-3? all weather tracks in Kenya, even now. I do not read of many athletes from their complaining about not having facilities.

Its a few weeks, and you need to be creative. Many great athletes have tread this path before you....