Coaches: team workouts on cemetary roads...disrespectful?

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8 years ago 07/24/2015 8:38pm EDT

re: happy hippo

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happy hippo wrote:
It doesn't bother me.
I don't understand why we take someone's decaying corpse, dress it up in a nice suit, put makeup on it to make it look more alive, then place it in a fancy wooden box with silk lining and bury it under the ground.
Seriously, people do that stuff to their grandma's dead body and then they think I'm the weirdo for doing a tempo run on the cemetary roads? I'm just being practical, there is almost no traffic there, you know? I don't want to be hit by a car and end up in fancy box like your grandma, buddy, so that's why I'm running on this road, hear me??

8 years ago 07/24/2015 10:50pm EDT

re: Fattened Calf

Ran probably 50% of my high school mileage in a cemetery and still run there when I go home to visit my folks on occasion. The people that work there know me by name, and the manager (or whatever you call the guy who runs a cemetery) loved having us as far as I could tell. If there was a burial we'd be quiet, but otherwise it was the normal running shenanigans. We stuck to the road and the areas where they hadn't buried people. They had water spigots every quarter mile or so on the path, and the place was beautiful. Had a 2K loop and we used to do mile repeats with a 400 jog there. Trees would turn in the fall, no traffic on the road, it was really a perfect spot. Can't imagine how running there would offend anyone, never even crossed my mind.

8 years ago 07/24/2015 10:59pm EDT

re: tent guy

We used to have a cross country course that went through a cemetary. We ran repeats through that same cemetary. I would say go for it, but stay on the roads, and the most important thing is keep an eye out for anyone you might be disturbinh. Be prepared to abort the workout and do something different. If someone is offended, no matter how irrational they may seem, leave them alone and just leave. But after 4 years we didn't have to leave once.

8 years ago 07/24/2015 11:08pm EDT

re: ThisIsFutile

Extremely Disrespectful. I would own you if I saw you running through a cemetery.

8 years ago 07/25/2015 12:28am EDT

re: Name:...

Name:... wrote:
I can't imagine there being many situations where better options aren't available.

Here's one: downtown Toronto is a horrible place to run, period.

The Mount Pleasant cemetery is thus a very popular local running spot. Solo runners, pairs, groups of ten, whatever.

Nothing you'd really call a "workout" though, just jogging.

8 years ago 07/25/2015 12:30am EDT

re: UT San Antonio Victory

UT San Antonio Victory wrote:
Extremely Disrespectful. I would own you if I saw you running through a cemetery.

Would you, internet tough guy?

I suspect not.

8 years ago 07/25/2015 10:37am EDT

re: bigger and stronger I promise

bigger and stronger I promise wrote:
UT San Antonio Victory wrote:
Extremely Disrespectful. I would own you if I saw you running through a cemetery.
Would you, internet tough guy?
I suspect not.

No disrespect intended, but I got a chuckle out of this exchange.

If I had you two boys here, I would clunk your two heads together and tell you to play nice.

(Hey, playing tough on the internet is kinda fun - I enjoyed it!)

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