The new security blankets are cell phones.
Scanny and I threw a baseball around in the alley. We used the ball I caught on a rainy night when the Twins were playing Texas at the Dome. Kirby Puckett hit a foul ball down the right field line and I got after some guy was nice enough to take the sting out of the ball.
My perfect cross course would have no run-ups and very short barriers to jump over and go across the stage of a topless joint and finish by having through a narrow hallway where drill sergeants are hitting the racers with foam rubber thingys.