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Written by Bwana Bwana

March 1, 2012

A drab and breezy day ushered in “Meteorological Spring”, and weather appropriate to the season (It is March after all) greeted Jim Myers, Lance Bland, Ken Davis, George Lesieutre, Ron Cunfer, Michael Goldfine, John Wilcock, Travis, Blake Cohen, Frank Rodenbaugh, Constantin Schreiber, Rob Peterson, Kevin Becker, Joel Niemann, and Marty Mazur as they headed to the track. The Crew went inside yet again, this time more out of habit than necessity. But the planets are aligning themselves, pointing to that soon-arriving equinox. We'll regularly be doing our orbits outside before long.

Bwana decided to take advantage of the new markings on the brand new track surface today. It turns out that there are small black markings on white bars on the lane 4/5 divider that indicate exactly where to start for 400,500,600, and 800 meter runs in the workout lane (5). (Where to stop and how many laps to run is something that's assumed known, but doesn't take rocket science to figure out.) But you’d better fire you rockets exactly when you hit your mark, otherwise you’ll either spiral into the jump pit or end up out in the green-carpeted Kuiper Belt where all the big guys toss iron around in hyperbolic orbits. Bwana's workout du jour was 4X800 in lane 5. Unlike ladders, there is no build-up in tempo or intensity. You just pick a pace (and a good one, say a bit faster than 5K race pace) and stick with it, consistently. The Crew did well.

Bwana's hoping the birdies chirping will usher in consistent warm weather and also bring back some of the birdies who stay away from our workouts. I know Meerkat has sworn off all track, and the gravitational pull of her small frame and big smile suck away a few more of the major and minor planets. But we hope to hear again from Esther and Monika and Bree and Beth and maybe a few more of our asteroids.