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High school bans road running (Read 456 times)


Feeling the growl again

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    I never would have taken up running if I'd been first exposed in such an environment.

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    I am spaniel - Crusher of Treadmills

     

      That stinks. Our town just had a lot of buzz as we had a XC girl clipped (and seriously injured) by a pickup truck's side mirror - straight on - during practice on the road behind the school.

       

      Hope they don't follow Radford's lead.

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      Good Bad & The Monkey

        How can a school control where its students run on their own time?

        stadjak


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          Unfortunately, our society has become risk-phobic.  Anything that can be done to mitigate some risk to injury not only should be done, it MUST be done.  There seems to be no way to resist these measures.  Because eventually, that one in a billion chance of something happening _will_ happen, and whoever accepted the risk will be put in the legal electric chair.

           

          We need some fortitude in this country.

           

          Next thing you know parents will be held liable for negligence for letting their 16yo run down Main Street in violation of "scholastic recommendations" like this.

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            Cross country practice is not considered their own time.

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            Wing


            Joggaholic

              It sounds like it only affect the XC team members? So if any kids just like running for fun then they shouldn't join the school team?

               

              MTA: After seeing Mike's post it makes more sense now, so they're banning it only during official practice sessions


              Feeling the growl again

                How can a school control where its students run on their own time?

                 

                If their are militant enough, they could claim it is a violation of the code of conduct they sign to participate, which does talk about behavior off campus.

                 

                I give the community credit, they are organized.  But local politics are playing out at their best, complete with refusal to move the board meeting to a bigger room in order to limit the number of opposing community members who can attend.

                 

                Note that we're not just talking about running on the roads here -- they can't even use sidewalks.  In the link above, one of the athletes describes some of the trail they are supposed to use as being dangerously un-runnable.

                "If you want to be a bad a$s, then do what a bad a$s does.  There's your pep talk for today.  Go Run." -- Slo_Hand

                 

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                TeaOlive


                old woman w/hobby

                  Cross country practice is not considered their own time.

                   

                  Yes, this.


                  Quite a few years ago two kids on one of the local high school golf teams here were killed in a car wreck

                  on the way to an after school tournament.   I think most of the schools in the area then stopped allowing

                  kids to drive to after school games / events.

                  steph  

                   

                   

                  Trent


                  Good Bad & The Monkey

                    I misunderstood. I thought it was banning XC runners from running on road ever.


                    Feeling the growl again

                       

                      Yes, this.


                      Quite a few years ago two kids on one of the local high school golf teams here were killed in a car wreck

                      on the way to an after school tournament.   I think most of the schools in the area then stopped allowing

                      kids to drive to after school games / events.

                       

                      I was involved in a car wreck returning to the school from XC practice in a private vehicle.

                       

                      I'm aware of far more kids involved in car wrecks simply driving to/from school; I'm not sure why they are considered differently, but not driving private vehicles to after-school events is pretty standard in my experience.

                       

                      stadjak's post more or less nailed it...although in this particular case there are hints that this rule is just a way to justify spend on improving the course/trails.

                      "If you want to be a bad a$s, then do what a bad a$s does.  There's your pep talk for today.  Go Run." -- Slo_Hand

                       

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                      Feeling the growl again

                        I misunderstood. I thought it was banning XC runners from running on road ever.

                         

                        Since the board has thus far not published the new rule (apparently not following the law), even the parents lack real clarity.

                        "If you want to be a bad a$s, then do what a bad a$s does.  There's your pep talk for today.  Go Run." -- Slo_Hand

                         

                        I am spaniel - Crusher of Treadmills

                         

                          I hope the trails are smoother than the trails I find because I trip, fall, and have hurt myself a lot more running on trails than on roads. I agree with the students though that the worst part is really not getting to explore and keep it exciting. Running the same trail course every day for practice for all types of workouts sounds like it takes a lot of the fun and freedom out of it. That's a shame.

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                          old woman w/hobby

                             

                             

                            I'm aware of far more kids involved in car wrecks simply driving to/from school; I'm not sure why they are considered differently, but not driving private vehicles to after-school events is pretty standard in my experience.

                             

                             

                            True.

                            steph  

                             

                             

                            NikoRosa


                            Funky Kicks 2019

                              I went to a small, rural high school.  We didn't have a cross country team, but the distance runners on the track team often ran on the road.  We had a teacher run with us, he wasn't an official coach (actually he was my dad, and my Spanish teacher, and also my class advisor...you can't make this shit up, I tell ya) but he was a decent runner and kept us girls relatively safe at intersections and made sure we all made it back to the school.  I don't see why they can't find a staff member with a decent level of fitness to tag along.  They could even do an escort by bicycle, if it came to that.  You can't prevent all accidents, no matter what you do.  Banning road running during practice sends a message that the adults don't trust the kids to be smart, and that the world is a terrifyingly dangerous place.

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                              One day at a time

                                My son's team had to run inside the high school when the roads were too icy.  More kids got hurt slipping in the hallway than ever got injured on the roads.  They also had adventures such as swimming across rivers.  I think they gave their coach a fair number of gray hairs!

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