appropriate thing to say to joggers in lane one???

Just ask them politely to do their walks in lane 2 or 3 and let them do their reps in lane 1, which shouldn't really get in your way too much.

if those guys were doing repeat 400's then they should have known what "track" meant AND they should have known to yield the inside lane to the runner, not the walker.

What's so special about lane one for 200s or 400s? Doing them on the outside is better for your legs anyway.

If I'm doing long intervals, I politely ask if it's O.K. to use lane one for a half hour or whatever. No one ever gives me a problem.

If there are little kids playig around in random lanes, you may have a real problem. Talk nicely to the parents, and if they give you grief, emphasize that it is for the kid's safety.

Almost no one knows what the hell "track" means, unless they are among the 2% that ever turned out for track (and most of them don't seem to get it, even if they don't have earpieces in.

Why do you need or even want to run 200's in lane 1? Run your 200s out of staggers in lane 5-7: It's faster that way, expecially if you're not using spikes.

But, yes, yell "TRACK" to ask people to get out of the way.

I like the time 2 women were walking in lane 1 and I came flying around them in lane 2 only to have one woman without even looking move into lane 2 causing a major collision. Then there was the guy throwing a ball across the track for his German Shepard to fetch. That was a lot of fun that day. I wonder to myself if people are really that stupid or are they just trying to piss you off?

I think people walking or jogging in lane one is rarely, if ever, malicious. I believe it's almost always ignorance. I've also considered educating people on track etiquette, but haven't figured out how to do so without sounding like an a-hole. Luckily for me, the track I use gets very little traffic, so I've been able to suffer through the rare occasions when people block the inside lanes without it's becoming an ongoing issue.

First time: "TRACK!"

Second time: Get uncomfortable close to the individual as you pass them, passing inside of lane one.

Third time: Pile drive the son of a bitch.

"Move bitch, get out the way" has always done the trick.

While I understand if someone is really being a pain in the ass about it, I feel like most of the time just quickly going around is no problem either. Whats another .2 seconds if your doing a long interval anyways?

i run HS track and there is nothing more annoying than new middle school runners not knowing what "track" means when you are doing some fast 200's

I'll usually ask politely if they could let me have lane 1. Most cases, that seems to work. For me anyway. In the odd case where I've encountered an idiot that won't yield the lane, or three walkers wide who ignore my request, I get closer and closer on each lap until they understand. Occasionally this has resulted in a collision, which adds to the excitement of the session. Actually, if it's only one person, or even two but just blocking lane 1, I'll just go around them.

If it's short intervals (200/400s) and they won't clear the lane, I'll just use a different lane. Not that hard 200s or 400s in any of the other lanes. Longer intervals can be a pain in the arse.

If they don't respond to a call of "track", then you need to the "accidental" shoulder brush as you blow past them. People get the idea usually.

Saying "Lane 1" instead of track in a polite voice as your barreling down on them usually clues in the ignorant ones.

432miler wrote:

If they don't respond to a call of "track", then you need to the "accidental" shoulder brush as you blow past them. People get the idea usually.

Agreed. Most do not know what "track" means. The shoulder brush works well. I encounter these idiots all the time on my indoor track. It's ignorance really. You get some "guido" that thinks he's hot shit because he's running at an 8 min/mile pace in lane 1 to impress the girls. Nothing is better than dusting him and giving him the "brush" as you fly by him.

I am always aware of those that are faster than me. People that are faster than me have the right of way and I make sure to move to accomodate them.

Forget the joggers, most of my high school track team (the sprinters) never seemed to know what "TRACK!" meant. They would be SITTING and stretching in lane 1 while we were trying to run our intervals. Any time we yelled "track," they would either look at us funny or shout "track" back at us mockingly.

push them to the ground.

If they get up and try to fight you kick their ever-livin' ass.

Thats how I role.

-peeps

i used to get all huffy about idiots who wouldn't get out of the way when I was lapping them every few minutes...

then i saw richie boulet working out at the same track during his workout, he didn't even bother saying anything, just silently would move into lane 2, pass and keep going

i figure if someone like that doesn't mind moving into lane 2 then whatever, i can do the same

still i feel your pain... one last note has anyone ever had this happen?

at a public track, some numb nuts was actually running the wrong way (while about 20 other people were running the right way) and he kept trying to creep into lane 1!!!

for future reference what do you say then?

anEconomist wrote:at a public track, some numb nuts was actually running the wrong way (while about 20 other people were running the right way) and he kept trying to creep into lane 1!!!

for future reference what do you say then?

That's weird to do when there's that many people going the 'normal' way, but you make it sound as if it's crazy to go the other way.

no of course not, but there was a whole group of people doing interval and rep work the usual direction and he was doing his opposite and would go into lane 1i totally understand wanting to do your track workout in a different direction, but i'm sorry you simply have to do it when no one else is there or you stay the hell out of the way of everyone else way out in lane 8

Commen Cense wrote:

anEconomist wrote:at a public track, some numb nuts was actually running the wrong way (while about 20 other people were running the right way) and he kept trying to creep into lane 1!!!

for future reference what do you say then?

That's weird to do when there's that many people going the 'normal' way, but you make it sound as if it's crazy to go the other way.