xsw wrote:
The more fanatical the fan the less that fan is engaged in doing their own activities. People involved in their own competitive activities do not have lives that revolve around rooting for city professional teams.
Phoenix is a great place to visit but as the cliché goes, "but I wouldn't want to live there"
Curious there are training facilities up north from Phoenix but how do the Phoenix high school running teams do on a national level.
I agree with that too.
But, the thing is, a lot of people who live here and really like it here are fairly old and their competitive years are way over.
You can still run and race but once wear and tear set in, you start looking around for something else.
I trainesd and raced competitively from 1977 to maybe 83 and after that a person re-evaluates once the downhill starts.
There is a great group of runners here that are dedicated to putting on races that are certified, and reasonably priced..The Arizona Road Racers.
The best thing about this club is that you can volunteer AND race.
The Summer Series races all start at 6 or 6:30.
So, we volunteers show up at around 4 or 4:30.
The races are held for the most part at city parks all around Phoenix.
I thoroughly enjoyed doing that and will stay here for the Summer Series races
and going to Dbacks games afterwards..
Nothing like sitting in Section Q at Chase Field after an ARR Summer Series race with that old familiar runners high.
So that will always keep me here in the summer.
If the Arizona Coyotes NHL hockey team ever leaves, I'll be leaving Phoenix for Las Vegas.
Love the summers here!