This weekend is as every track enthusiast knows Penn Relay weekend. I have attended the Penn relays since 1957 almost without missing a year. I ran 4 times. I have loved every minute of it. If you read one of my earlier blogs, you will find my comments about how my first visit to Penn relays really changed my life. However for these days I am a bit of a wimp. I have a pretty large screen TV at home. I can buy the entire Penn Relay program on Flotrack for $19. I can see every single race for 3 days, morning, noon and evening. It’s like being at trackside!  I can do this while having breakfast, lunch, dinner and $1 Bud Lights. I make hot dogs for myself to get that Stadium feeling. But I don’t have to drive to Philly. I don’t have to pay for parking or get a ticket, which has happened many times. I don’t have to pay $40+ for a ticket to sit in uncomfortable seats and get badly sunburned. My couch is really soft. Even though all of those are part of the Penn Relays experience, I’m a wimp. So I am sitting here watching the Penn Relays and not getting out on the road to run. I have to make a decision at some point to get to my workout. So, if you can’t make it to Franklin Field, look up Flotrack and buy the entire experience for $19. Have fun: I am!

By the way I watched the North Hunterdon Girls run the 4 by 8 this morning and Hillsboro’s four by four comes up in five minutes.