Was asked to leave my university's track this morning

Old Ben wrote:

This happened to me recently at my local university's indoor track facility (Vandy) that I pay a monthly membership to use.

It was prior to their upcoming football bowl game and the team needed a final walkthrough, complete with their film crew and the head coach over the PA system shouting directions from a weird crows nest thing.

I was asked to leave the track because they needed to use it to stretch and put gatorade / water stations and trash cans.

Was pretty pissed, but was outnumbered 200:1 so I made some shitty comments and went home.

They got BLOWN out.

I don't feel like reading the whole thread to see if anyone noticed, but this last statement is a lie. Vandy barely lost their bowl game and it was a THRILLER. You sound bitter and old, Old Ben.

Mikeh33 wrote:

missilesilo wrote:

Student safety is more important than your workout.

No it isn’t.

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However, your 17% does qualify you for CNN White House press credentials.

missilesilo wrote:

Mikeh33 wrote:

No it isn’t.

We regret to inform you that your score was too low to earn a GED Diploma.

However, your 17% does qualify you for CNN White House press credentials.

Perhaps I am qualified only to participate in the CNN White House press corps, but that doesn’t change the fact that this runner just wanted to do his work out, and was no threat to anybody. It’s a bunch of people more obsessed with rules and then with individuals the causes this nonsense.

Oceanmaster wrote:

This morning I was doing a workout on the track before I went to work and a football coach and athletic trainer asked me to leave.

I told them that I was on the schools track team a few years ago (which is true) and that I've always been able to run on the track when nobody's using it.

They told me that they're cracking down on usage this year and if I really want to use the track I can get in touch with facilities management and try to reserve a time.

This seems pretty sh-tty to me.

Is this normal behavior among colleges to treat their alumni this way?

. . . Hmmmmmmmmm . . .

. . . Interesting . . .

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5) Oh well.

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7) Have a nice day!!!!!!!!!

Sorry for the late reply, just checked LetsRun again

It’s a state college.

I shouldn’t expect special treatment for being an alumni of the track team, i’ll admit that. But I see other former track members using it often with no issues! What did I do?

I like Wejos idea of admission, I’d happily pay $2 per use. As of now, they basically want me to reserve a time if I want to use it, which would cost me $100 each time!

I reached out to the head coach asking about this new policy. I mentioned that if it was simply liability, I’d happily sign a waiver. He got back to me and said he’d look into it but faculties is getting stricter, so I don’t know.

For the guys wondering why I’m using the track, plenty of reasons. I am still running track and like to train on it. I like to wear spikes, plus I like the consistency of knowing exactly how far my reps are!

I wish I could find a field big enough to make a grass track, but I’m not aware of any near me!

midsummer nights dream wrote:

in between some sonnets and a new translation of Beowulf the school Bard summons two thugs to remove the intruders from the university oval

very good. kudos for this overlooked comment