A RUN DOWN MEMORY LANE My brother, Doug, and I ran up the familiar Wing Lake Road to Echo to the back side of Andover High School's baseball fields. Most of my 16 siblings ran track and/or cross country at Andover. This is a beautiful course on historic dirt roads that was a regular route in high school. Doug is 11 years older than me. We both ran this course during different eras. I enjoyed running it with him today and reminiscing our own experiences and memories on the course.
Doug and I decided to go inside the gym and take a look at the record board. Some of my other siblings have since been bumped off the board. My 5k PR of 20:12 was still up there. I could have sworn it was 20:04. (Isn't if funny that I can remember some of my PRs from YEARS ago? It's like remembering a birthdate or something). Only two more places until I'm bumped off the board also. Funny! Doug wondered why his 5k time (16:20) was not up on the board. Oh well. Another brother, Mike, still holds the record for the 5k (15:43) and some relay records.
All 17 of us graduated from this high school. That is a record that should be up on the record board! | 