Quote Originally Posted by daz h View Post
As an ex chairman of a running club and race organiser i became very angry at the way i was starting to be told how i had to comform to take runners out for a run with the club.Eventually i had to go and get a level 1 uka coach badge, what a joke. Still not had the fifty quid back.I was told that i was now qualified to lead runners, yes lead runners that i had been leading for ten years. Why because of insurance. I would be okay if i had risk assessed the route and had a quick chat before we set off. Oh and insisted on floro kit. The last meeting we had was about getting runners some of those flashing armbands.Okay maybe overkill but thats the way it went.Iain does the fell running leadership course just mean your insured to lead runners on the fells.? Box ticking like you say.
Is everyone blind to the fact that the actual problem is that everyone wants COMPENSATION for everything these days? It's a leech on society. I'd a friend (shock horror) who successfully got a claim of over £4,000 for badly tearing ankle ligaments when warming up in the woods next to an athletics track? Very nice but it's bloody ridiculous and it's sadly the way of the world.

The problem with your argument Daz, is that it can be similarly applied to a 17 year old lad that has grown up on a farm and had 20 times more driving experience (cars and tractors) than any other lad his age. It still doesn't qualify him to drive on the roads without taking and passing his test and holding a valid licence. I, again, knew such a lad who "took" (without consent) his mothers car and drove to school aged 15. We couldn't believe it....but we watched as he drove off after school having parked well away from the building. He had all the relevant experience but didn't hold the licence.....does it make it right though?

I'm surprised Mr Park hasn't been on defending the clubs though. I like Mr Park.

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