Here's just another good reason why the fine folks in Plainfield did the right thing when they built their new high school.
I had the chance to talk with Jeff Parkinson on Thursday, the Panthers indoor track coach, and he had a chance to convey how it used to be at Plainfield.
He would be out there in the dead of winter spraying lines on the parking lot so his team could practice their sprint events. They would be teaching hurdlers how to hurdle (without the use of actual hurdles) and relay events were a guessing game for hand offs.
Things have changed much for the better for Parkinson and his 50 or so athletes who train with him. They now have a nice new track to call their own and Mother Nature has blessed them either with an extended fall or an early spring (let's hope it's the latter) to further hone their skills.
The new facility doesn't take away one mean fact of life for the indoor track athletes throughout Eastern Connecticut, going to track meets is a job not just an adventure. Many events can take up to nine hours on a Saturday. You can read more about that today in my notebook in the Norwich Bulletin.