North Carolina distance runner didn't want to run on a treadmill, so he shoveled the entire track by himself (pics)

If he had actually tried running on the track first he probably would have found that the amount of snow was no impediment and not even slippery.

But at least his scrawny upper body got a yearly workout.

yeah this video will be used against them at some point.

nothing more than a Publicity stunt and letsrun gave it to him!!!!....LOL.....if he would of ran five miles he wouldn't have wasted an hour shoving snow....and by then he would had good trail to run. BTW...the snow wasn't that deep to be wasting time shoving!!!!...

This is funny. Last year our high school team shoveled snow into a strip on their track so they could cross country ski train in a low snow season. Guess this isn't North Carolina

jack A$$ wrote:

That is really cool that he did that, but darn if I knew this would be a story man I would have posted selfies a while ago. Living in Co this is a 10-15 times a year thing. And I am well aware that I am not alone in this.

Now in NC how often do they get snow?

I'm glad the kid is dedicated, but I'm struggling to understand why anyone thinks it's such a big deal. Back in the 80s when I ran CC & track at a mid-major D1 university with no indoor track, shoveling snow off our crappy outdoor track was a way of life every winter. If this kid is getting lauded for this minor chore, then it only goes to show how freaking soft the majority of youth is these days.

kid is primed and ready to join OTC, then. let's just hope he can beat mac fleet by running 4:10.

This is all fine and all but you can obviously tell they planned for this to go on the webs with the filming and all of that. If he just wanted to run the workout he wouldn't be in the news, he would just shoveled, ran and went home

The winter of my 10th grade year, through the winter of 61-62, was crucial to my development as a runner, was in Great Falls, Montana. The sub 0 down to 40 below temps were a shock when moving there from California sunshine, and the track was covered by a foot of snow. All that could be seen when viewing from the fourth story of the school, was a broad field full of snow, and no track. In addition to my excursions through the streets and hallways, however, I wanted to run on the track.

Heavily bundled up, I managed to find the inside curb, and trudged around the foot deep snow, marking the outline with my footprints, then each lap being able to trudge a bit faster, until a path was worn. It was cold, but I trimmed down to my shorts, singlet and spikes, timed myself for a hard mile, it was cold, barely managed to dress again before freezing to death, then made my way home, realizing that dressing like California was a really bad idea, and quite dangerous too.

A few days later I came out of study hall and kids were flocking to the end of the hallway. I looked out the window and someone yelled, hey look! someones been running on the track! All that was visible was the outline of the track, in the midst of a huge expanse of white snow, and I was quite proud of myself.

Did this once so I could work out the next day. 24 hours later it was 50 degrees and the snow had melted. Huge waste of time and effort as it had snowed quite a bit.

my kid did this back in high school. I told him if he could shovel a track he could shovel my dang driveway

Ok easy on this young man. As background he signed with the Naval Academy. Runs at a small school in NC. Very modest young man that works hard. Will likely never run as fast as all of you that are criticizing him (LOL) but none the less this is a quality kid. From NY/NJ myself and shoveling the track was a regular occurrence. No one asked this kid to do it and on his own and a day when school was cancelled he shoveled it. Not noble prize material but this is par for the course for him. Best,Rockfish

LetsRun.com wrote:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaLhgwjdXFw

and

https://twitter.com/TheQSchneider/status/818559364072173573

Article in W Post:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2017/01/14/high-school-runner-shovels-entire-track-lane-after-snowstorm-just-to-avoid-the-treadmill/?utm_term=.6417a6cae064&wpisrc=nl_most-draw10&wpmm=1

In these parts, we shovel snow onto the track to make for a better workout.

[quote]Rockfish wrote:

Ok easy on this young man. As background he signed with the Naval Academy. Runs at a small school in NC. Very modest young man that works hard. Will likely never run as fast as all of you that are criticizing him (LOL) but none the less this is a quality kid.

From NY/NJ myself and shoveling the track was a regular occurrence. No one asked this kid to do it and on his own and a day when school was cancelled he shoveled it. Not noble prize material but this is par for the course for him.

Best,

Rockfish[quote]

He put himself on display. People are allowed to have a reaction even though it may not be the one he wanted.

welcometothe world wrote:

[quote]Rockfish wrote:

Ok easy on this young man. As background he signed with the Naval Academy. Runs at a small school in NC. Very modest young man that works hard. Will likely never run as fast as all of you that are criticizing him (LOL) but none the less this is a quality kid.

From NY/NJ myself and shoveling the track was a regular occurrence. No one asked this kid to do it and on his own and a day when school was cancelled he shoveled it. Not noble prize material but this is par for the course for him.

Best,

Rockfish[quote]

He put himself on display. People are allowed to have a reaction even though it may not be the one he wanted.

And in a few years will put himself on the line for you. 'If you don't want to be criticized, say nothing, do nothing, be nothing.' Is this the maxim you believe in? Or did someone take a huge dump in your coffee today?

I mean good for him but it's best he should keep it tp himself.

You ever drive by a work crew out in subfreezing temperatures all day long working physically. I can tell you first hand how rough that can be day in and day out.

I used to be one of those guys. I would work 8-15 hour days and still manage 80-120 miles per week.

I know I'm not the only one who has been in that position. Shoveling a lane on a track with a couple of inches on the ground is a fairly easy task. You don't even really have to toss the snow very far.

As I said he put himself out there. How could someone like myself ever be impressed with what he did and he is bragging about it. I feel obligated to express my opinion on behalf of all the guys on here who train with physical jobs.

How are you certain that I haven't put myself on the line for him or you in my past?

Dang man, what happened to this place? You guys are a bunch of pricks. I thought it was cool. He posted a pic on Twitter. It went viral. Got picked up by the news.

Seems good for the sport.

He's not the first to shovel snow off the track. He's not the first to take a picture of it. He's not the first to post it on social media. And he won't be the last.

Meanwhile this kid is outside. Shoveling snow. Running 10 miles.

Hell its hard to get my team to run, let alone on the offseason. And we are in CA where it sprinkles every few years and 50 degrees is too cold to go to practice.

I think it's cool. I also don't understand the negativity.

Has he got other 7 lanes cleared off yet so the rest of the team can run?

Did I miss something? Why aren't we talking about the fact that he's wearing shorts over his tights? Clearly that's the biggest story here.