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WELKER: The positive influence of sports and family in life

I have made many mistakes in my life as an athlete on and off the field of play. But haven鈥檛 we all. Now that I鈥檓 a retired teacher, coach, and official, I have thought about how athletics and family assisted me in coping with the challenges of living a life of personal fulfillment. I want to share with athletes in all sports the five principles I have learned participating in sports and gleaned from a caring family. 鈭� Be Humble 鈥� Always take your classes in school and sports seriously, but not yourself. To do so, is the beginning of arrogance. Arrogance offends others and has ...

SMITH: What to expect from your first half marathon

If you are signed up to run in the 2022 News and Sentinel Half Marathon, congratulations, you are going to take part in one of the best 13.1-mile races in the country on Aug. 20. Many people run the half year after year. If this is the first time you are going to be part of the event, I thought it would be good to outline exactly what to expect. Most people get the 鈥渇ull experience鈥� by coming to the packet pick up the night before. Open from 2-9 p.m. in the Parkersburg Municipal Building, the packet pick-up is a great way to connect with other runners. After you pick up your ...

SMITH: Don鈥檛 get discouraged

A friend that has run more half marathons than he can count and around 50 marathons told me that in all those races he has only had a handful where he felt good the entire race. You never really know what kind of race day you are going to have until you start. Come Aug. 20 and the News and Sentinel Half Marathon and you will likely know what kind of day you are going to have in the first few miles. A lot of things have to go well for you to have a perfect experience. Running is like life though; you need to not get discouraged and push through the days where you would rather just ...

SMITH: One day in August

A road race is really at its core, a giant math problem. A whole industry exists to keep track of how much time it takes a runner to complete a race. It works like this: There is a radio frequency identification tag attached to the back of your race number. When you cross the starting line, you pass over an antenna that registers you have started the race and starts your time in a computer. People who toe the line before the race repeatedly register, so it is the last time you cross the mat that counts. When you cross the finish line another set of mats registers you have finished ...

BENNETT: Catching up with Big Reds鈥� Singer

Only time will tell what鈥檚 going to transpire in the future at West Virginia University for ex-Parkersburg Big Red Bryson Singer. With that being said, there鈥檚 little question he鈥檚 doing everything he can to be more than prepared for when he hits Morgantown the first of August. During a recent Zoom meeting, he scheduled all his classes for his freshman year. 鈥淲e got an apartment,鈥� Singer said of his future home with Martinsburg鈥檚 Hudson Clement, the Randy Moss Award winner, along with St. Thomas Aquinas (Fla.) signal-caller Scott Kean and lineman Harry Hilvert from Taylor ...

SMITH: Are you Thirsty?

If the News and Sentinel had any more water stops it could officially become a swim meet. I鈥檓 only exaggerating a little. Hydration is important. The hotter it gets and the harder you run relates directly to how much liquid you need to drink before, during and after a long race. The News and Sentinel Half Marathon has 15 water stops along the 13.1-mile course. That is of course, more than one per mile. Some of you will need every one of them, others will not take water the entire race. You be you 鈥� drink what your body needs. Your hydration plan should start a few days before. ...