Some children are outdoors playing basketball or soccer or running laps as part of a track club.
In high school, she petitioned to be allowed to participate in the track club, but her classmates barred her from joining.
Her track career started at age 7 when she followed her 9-year-old brother, Bart, to his track club.
Since then Michael has joined a track club and is getting into distance running.
He is a fast athlete, often occasionally training with the track club.
But none of us could talk her out of it, and she joined my track club.
My track club in Turkey gave me all the support I needed.
Irish runners only compete two seasons a year while Americans run three and usually for a track club in the summer.
The first invitational was held more than 40 years ago, with 23 schools and six track clubs participating.
When I was in seventh or eighth grade, some parents, including mine, started a track club known as Sparc.
