From 2010? Definitely still at Disney Institute. Climbed the 8-foot fence to get in. All the gates were locked. There’s a special, lunatic “one-lap fraternity”. i am a lifelong member.
Spring Grove Area High School.
1977 graduating class.
Produced a few remarkable things for a Paper Mill town without a stoplight nor a grocery store.
One of the least important was a nobody who ran the 440 (400 meters in today’s speak).
Turns out that kid set a High School 440 record that stood for 45 years.
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Looks boring. Above coach Williams’s head are two runners doing intervals.
Surprised to see the Track team having 7am practice on a no-school Friday. The track marked the four-mile mark of yesterday’s run. i said hello to coach Williams and then watched the athletes for a few minutes – in and out of walking and jogging a couple laps. It was tempting to want to run intervals with them.
The night before i arrived early to school (to pick up our son) and with time to kill, walked down to the track. It was the first HS track practice i’ve seen since 1977. Spent 20 minutes wondering what my high school track practices would have looked like to an observer.
PS. i resisted the temptation to ask if i could join in.
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Please don’t get me wrong, I still ran. I was, after all, a Health & Physical Education major, destined to be a High School Gym teacher during the school year, and drive a beer truck during summers – just like Mr Warner, our 8th-grade Gym Teacher. He was the epitome of cool.
But between the beer consumption and the late night munchies, I had to run. You get the picture.