problems with walkers in lane one and two.

They do it intentionally to piss people off. Just go around and deal with it. I know it sucks but some people are rude and it's never going to change.

Don't say anything, just run super close to their shoulder and apologize nicely each time. No one wants a sweaty runner touching them, they will figure it out. Don't make any enemies.

If you think that is bad, try dealing with the idiot old man who sets up hurdles in lane one and uses them to stretch every 200 meters. I have asked him to please move the hurdles to an outside lane for stretching, and he did, but the next time he does the same thing. ALWAYS leaves them there too, so even if he is not there, I have to jog a lap and move them b4 the workout.

Small problem in the grand scheme of things, but annoying nonetheless

Oh, yes! It is still bizarre to me why it is such an inconvenience to walk in lanes 5,6 or 7. I'm pretty sure they are not timing their miles. But what is even more bizarre to me is WHO WANTS TO WALK CIRCLES AROUND A TRACK? How boring is that? Get out on a road or path for goodness sakes!

There was a woman on the track I use that used to deliberately step into our way when we'd come around by her during a workout. She was one sour b****.

wear spikes and if they give you s*** give them a nice foot to the calf...be creative

I rarely have this problem luckily because I often use the track late in the evening after dark. But every now and then when I use the track in mid-day/morning, lane one walkers are the most annoying people on earth. Well, maybe a close second to those people who stand up in movie theatres and point to the emergency exits when the emergency exit announcement is made.

That's what gets me mad. This facility had a beautiful walking/nature trail, But they would rather walk circles in lanes one and two.

For real, you've seen someone stand up in a theatre and point out the exits? I think I'd burst out laughing if that happened. How strange.

Now here thing. Now here go. All know Karl Malone like to get his run on. But here thing. People alway try to get in Karl Malone way wif dere walking and so forff. Now here where thing get funny. Now here go. Whenever Karl Malone get blocked on track , Karl Malone just shout KARL MALONE COMIN THRU and lead wif his big ol elbow. Karl Malone never laugff so hard as when he deliver big ol elbow to soccer mom torso affer she wouldnt move. Guess moral of story is never run by a pool wif scissors in hand.

Dis here Karl Malone.

We are lucky where we workout as there are rules posted stating that the inside lanes are for runners. Even then some people still get upset but most don't and are very coorperative. It is a pain but if it is a tax payer funded track they can argue they paid for it too and have a right to it.

say what! wrote:

For real, you've seen someone stand up in a theatre and point out the exits? I think I'd burst out laughing if that happened. How strange.

Surely you've seen this behavior. You know, after the previews there might be a short clip where the theatre's exits are pointed out and it says something like, "Please take a moment to identify emergency exits located at the blah blah blah.....". At this time there will be some idiot high school kid who stands up and cleverly points them out to everyone like a flight attendent. It's annoying because people think they are being funny even though they are the 1,546th person to do this in the last month.

This has never happened to anyone else. It is just you.

The walkers did bring up the fact that there was a sign that joggers should use the outside lane. I tried to explain that I wasn\'t jogging and that I was doing faster running.Sure 6 minute miles look slow, but for me It\'s alot of work. My understanding of the sign was if your jogging use the outside. If your running hard use the inside.

I later talked to the athletic dept to find out if they made a distinction between Jogging and speed work. the bottom line was they didn't want anyone to use the inside lane since it was getting worn down.

who was it - some famous runner who's name i cannot remember - that intentionally brushed a walker's shoulder who was in lane 1 during a workout and the walker sprinted across the infield and tackled him at 200 meters?

First off, you should run in lane 3. Just act like you are in lane 1. When you hit your times in lane 3, you will be much faster.

They really do that at the movies? The last movie I saw at a theater was "The Right Stuff" in 1984.

I have to imagine this happens to everyone who tries to workout at a track. During repeats I run around on the grass, so they see that it is a major inconvenience. If they don't get it, getting real close and brushing them with sweat works. At anonther track I use, the following is actually painted on the track "No Walking in Lanes 1-3." However, I am told this is to prevent wear on the inside lanes, not as a courtesy to those who know what a track is for.

walkers in the inside lanes really piss me off. why the f*** would anybody want to walk on the track anyway

I have had a lot of success by talking to the walkers and explain to them my work-out and the need for timed accuracy. I have to a large extent been sucessful, youth track clubs are the issue in my area. Nasty coaches.

I find that if I run inbetween two people walking side by side, they get the message really quickly.

I would say walkers either walk on the track or the treadmill because they feel they are not exercising unless they are using some kind of athletic facility.