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Q: Are you afraid someone could be injured on the current state of your running track? Are there areas where the rubber is wearing thin? Do you have puddles and cracks on the surface of your running track? Email me with any problems you see on your track or better yet, take a photo and send it to me. I\u2019ll let you know what you can do to remediate the issue.<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Do you have a running track that is not performing as it should? Is the synthetic track surface falling apart? Are the stripes of the running track oval in the grass and the high jump or other field events undersized? 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