On Friday the Young Relative's cheering section (mother, father, grandmother and aunt) headed north to Lehigh University for the District 1 cross-country championships. The Unionville High School boys did a fantastic job in a hard-fought, very fast race, taking first, fifth and sixth places and earning the right to compete against the best youths in the state in Hershey on Nov. 4. We'll be there!
I was so proud that I could hardly speak as I watched the Y.R. talk to the press (he's a natural; I wonder why), joke with his teammates and shake hands with kids from other schools.
At the awards ceremony in Goodman Stadium, four spiked shoes were prominently displayed in front of the podium. Runners had lost them out on the course and, rather than stopping and losing seconds, had simply continued with one shoe. The P.A. announcer drew attention to them several times, looking for their owners (as well he might, given the cost of these special shoes)!
Just an FYI that the Northeast Extension of the Pennsylvania Turnpike is being widened between the Lansdale and Quakertown exits. Workers in giant excavators and backhoes are cutting through layers of red stone and dump trucks are hauling it away -- all in close proximity to turnpike-speed traffic.
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