Hey Ya'll (Note, I don't know how to spell "Ya'll," but you get the idea). So sorry for the hiatus from blogging. I have been driving back up the east coast and for the last few days I have been without internet, but I'm back! So lets see, where was I? Ok, so since I am driving back up the east coast, I have quite a bit to catch up on! So before I left for Florida I did one more high school visit and one more meet in New York.
The visit I did was to both Central Hunterdon and Hillsboro in New Jersey. It actually worked out to be pretty easy getting to visit both teams as that they, and some other local teams, all practice at the same park. I pulled my truck up in the parking lot, next to the port-a-johns and school busses. I saw a bunch of different kids running and knew I was in the right place. As I was saying in a previous post I love the idea of visiting multiple schools at the same time. It gives the kids a chance to interact and it makes the likely hood of people asking good questions and answering my questions correctly higher. The kids were great and it was exciting because this was the first visit I got to do after receiving some national team jerseys from Nike and it was awesome to see the kids react to them and try them on. It was also the debut of the new nike knee socks. I think they are the natural replacement for half shirts in my lineup. It is nice that the demise of the half shirts directly coincided with the introduction of the knee socks. It was like poetry in motion!
After the meet I met up with my friend, and fellow Nike driver, Jon Phillips. We moved his shoes into my truck and went up to the Warwick Valley Invitational in slightly upstate New York. The invitational was great, even with the scattered rain and intense fog! We held a dance off for some shirts, and also I had the opportunity to film the WV modified team sing the national anthem before the meet (which I will add to misc. videos shortly). The meet was supremely well run considering the weather was forecasted as being so bad that the music crew didn't show at first. It was alright, though, because the truck picked up the music slack.
The day after the meet I proceeded to head out for my epic road trip to Florida and the FLRunners Invitational, where I would be working with Anna Willard. But, that is a story for another time. Thanks for welcoming me back with open arms!
