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Posted on 5/9/24 at 7:47 am to Leto II
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I can confirm. I ran Florida Relays in 94. Not much shade and we didn't have a tent.
I don't know why our athletic dept seeks to punish fans. We bitched for years, no decades for shade on the baseball stands, and it still isn't enough. The Ring tennis complex got shade after 40 years and it might cover half the stands. Also if you are ever at a day game at the Swamp, check out the "Sunshine Seats" in the South endzone. You will feel like you are being roasted over a fire. It's crazy.
Posted on 5/9/24 at 7:48 am to Leto II
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I can confirm. I ran Florida Relays in 94. Not much shade and we didn't have a tent.
Laughs from the climate controlled shade of the o'dome
it's been miserable hot last couple days down here. Tomorrow won't be awful, today is gonna be brutal.
Posted on 5/9/24 at 10:06 am to Leto II
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I can confirm. I ran Florida Relays in 94. Not much shade and we didn't have a tent.
So what event did you run?
Posted on 5/9/24 at 5:24 pm to Leto II
For my fellow track geeks, especially the distance guys, I assume you’ve read Once A Runner by John L. Parker. It’s a fictional but basically autobiographical novel about the Florida Gator track program in the 60s, portrayed in the book as Southeastern University.
Has composite characters based on Frank Shorter, Kiwi John Walker, the first man to break 3:50 in the mile, and others of the era. The author’s character does a workout of sixty 440s (modern day 400m). Of course that’s insane and not advisable, but it’s pretty entertaining for those of us who have done a brutal interval workout. It’s a fun book if you’re a running/track geek but any sports fan would appreciate it, I think.
Once A Runner
Has composite characters based on Frank Shorter, Kiwi John Walker, the first man to break 3:50 in the mile, and others of the era. The author’s character does a workout of sixty 440s (modern day 400m). Of course that’s insane and not advisable, but it’s pretty entertaining for those of us who have done a brutal interval workout. It’s a fun book if you’re a running/track geek but any sports fan would appreciate it, I think.
Once A Runner
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