For the love of Pole vault!

[LHSpolevault]

...I'm hoping I'm not the only one...


but do any of you ever get kinda picked on or made fun of for you love of pole vault, or track and field in general?

[PVgoalie101]

definatly...especially by my bf who used to be a runner! i know, weird. but its only because people are jealous of the fact that we can fly and run fast and what not.

[Flying D]

only because i'm too obsessed

[scubastevesgirly]

Not necessarily picked on....but they think it's weird that whatever conversation I'm having...no matter what it's about...It always ends up being about pole vault.

[CHC04Vault]

My brother makes fun of me alot for my love/obession of track and field and pole vault, but i know its the jealousy factor (he was never interviewed for TV and the newspaper.) People who don't RACE dont understand our love. In our school swimmers and runners we're very close and you would always see runners at waterpolo and swim meets and swimmers at track meets.

Also, no matter what we talk about, it always comes back to a fun track meet we've had, or an inside joke that keeps alive even though we have graduated. I dont think its an obsession, my old track mates are a family, pure and simple.

[RidinHigh]

I used to get very weird looks in class from other students when I would draw pictures of vaulters on my papers. I even had a teacher tell me to stop my pv progression flip book that was developing in one of my notebooks.

[Scott Go Pre]

I get picked on by my pole vaulting buddies. They tease me all the time. I kinda get used to it, i think.

[Mecham]

lol its funny. My friends always, always make fun of me. Whenever i go to their houses, i check PVP, and when we are just standing there, i might do a plant walkthrough or something. But they always make fun of me for that kinda stuff

[CrossBarHOpper]

i had a girl brake up with me casue she said i liked polevault more then her casue well i did

[USMC Vaulter]

Marines arent exactly the most understanding or even intelligent people in the world
I swear if I have to hear another 'joke' about how I like long poles/like to grip long poles/like to ride poles, etc.....


lol - its all good though - I still think they're all jealous

[Vaulterchick88]

Heck yes, people make fun of me, but it's the best sport ever and I know that.

[Cheyla~PVC]

My siblings make fun of me constantly because everything in my life basically revolves around PV. My friends, social life...everything. It gets old!