One normally thinks of track & field as a warm weather activity. Not this weekend, folks! My fingers were getting pretty stiff just taking the picture. The east end of the Bowl was lined with ez-ups where people were trying to warm up, but there were tons of fans on hand.

Like many sports, I didn’t discover how much fun they were until late in high school. Nevertheless, I did do pretty darn well at the 800, 1600, 3200, and 3200 relay my senior year. In Mandan we would start our season by running laps around the hallway surrounding the gym, then the distance runners would run laps around the city. I miss those days. Having torn my knee in half (twice) in various motorcycle and mountain bike accidents, I don’t do long distance running anymore. I still can, but it’s best to keep the “wear and tear due to mileage” down, if you know what I mean.