Bull Pen Definitions

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A Bull Pen means one of two things. A. An enclosure for bulls. B. An exercise area for baseball pitchers. Now I am not completely sure what similarities a couple of people warming up and a couple of 900 hundred pound bulls have. But Mr. Pettit has created a new definition. A ring in thick grass where x amount of bicyclists go head to head where the last one vertical is the victor. To me this seems a more appropriate definition. Every year we do this. Pettit says go around the campus then head to the football field. Every year we look forward to. The low impact high cadence spinning is great for a pre-race practice. And everyone needs all the maneuverability training they can get. As every year kids lose patches of skin at the

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