Across the street from where we live there is the athletic field of a parochial high school. The school is also there but its building is away from us.
That was what I really liked that nobody is living across the street because of this almost city block size athletic field. It has a full 400 meter running track a n a huge grass area in the middle that has a full size baseball field.
Anyway most of the time the place is quiet, lately there is more activity there.
Since baseball season started they also started their season. The school team or tens play other schools and that brings some life to the place.
But what amazes me the most these kids' (14 to 18 years of age) commitment to the track and field sports.
Javelin throwers show up around 6:30 in the morning to practice regardless of the weather while the various runners do their trainings in the early afternoon, right after school. These trainings go on regularly and also regardless to the weather.
Looking at some of these kids they seem to be so lacking talent that I am sure they will not be able to get any kind of athletic scholarship to colleges. But they keep practicing. Interestingly even bring school holidays if practice falls within that time period they are her.
They are not noisy and do not disturb the neighborhood at all. When I went to school in Budapest we went to the City Park if we wanted to practice outside. My school never had their own athletic field.
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