Friends Join the Fray, and Good News for Old-Timers!

It's been a while since we have been together, but finally John Ziegler has signed up for the golf outing!  I don't even have a recent photo of him, so I substituted a shot of Calvin instead.

My introduction to the PSU Track and Field World began with John as XC captain.  I quickly learned I wasn't running fast enough and that a fifteen miler in the mountains took 2 1/2 hours at a 6:00/mile pace.  I never would have guessed that.

On the good side, John held the finest Track parties at his apartment across the street from Old Main, above the Lion's Pride.  He even enticed the women's gymnastic team for one of them, a thrill for most of us geeks.

But the coolest thing I ever saw from John was the time he and Gary Black were late to the start of the Arts Festival 10-miler because they were in the bathroom at Rec Hall.  It was more than two minutes before they appeared and wondered where everyone was!  They took off on the first five mile loop and, sure enough, John was in second place and Gary was fifth.  They had passed all the runners (maybe 500 or more).  John went on to second place, just seconds behind a runner who never knew how lucky he was.

And here's good news for us old-timers reaching the age qualifying them for entrance into AARP!