BEV THE TEENAGER
<p>The summer after 7th grade, we moved into a different school zone, near Haugan Elementary School and Jensen Park. I ran, every day, all the way back to my old school, Patrick Henry, for 8th grade and graduated there. So, I didn’t make any friends in the Haugan/Jensen area until the summer after 8th grade when I lost touch with my Patrick Henry friends. I would run everywhere. A few blocks from my house was Jensen Park. I ran in a square down the streets that surrounded the park, the field house, the basketball courts, the baseball fields and the tennis courts, probably about 1 mile each time around.</p>
<p>One day the Park Manager, Jerry Pistone, came outside and timed me as I ran past. Then my next time around he stopped the timer and stopped me. He asked if I wanted to run track for the Chicago Park District, representing Jensen Park. So, I did.</p>
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