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Written by Bwana Bwana

May 24, 2012

As Bwana is composing this report, his upper teeth are hurting from the sinus pressure above them, his nose is running faster than he was today, and he's struggling to suppress a cough every time he breathes. Hopefully, a pint and a half of Belgian-styel quadrupel ale will soon fuze his head to the pillow. Dang summer cold….It didn't help that it was swampy again as Jim Myers, Judd Nelson, Esther Prins, Michael Goldfine, Dana Todd, Kirk Rager, Jim Laudermilch, Blake Cohen, Mike Casper, Rob Peterson, Ron Cunfer, Lee Culver, Rich Harter, Steve Ketcham, and Marty Mazur headed for the track.

At Ron Cunfer's suggestion, Bwana gave the NX3X300 workout. That's sets of 3X300 with short (100m) rest between each 300 run at 5K race pace or better. It didn't matter much to Bwana what he gave, since the man himself was just going to slog and jog in the outside lane. Most runners offered up N=3 to their favorite unholy intention. This is a nice 5K tune-up workout, and considering there are three 5K or better races this weekend, it's what the doctor ordered. Now, Bwana needs the doctor to find a cure for the common cold!

Many of you will be running either the Black Moshannon 5K or 10K and/or the Boalsburg Memorial Day race ("4 miles"). And there's bunches and lots of races of many varieties coming fast and furious in the next few weeks. Tussey Teaser #4, the 10.6 mile Treaster Kettle Test-Your-Mettle; the Rothrock Challenge (30K on the grueling trails of Rothrock); the Crack O' Dawn 5K (hilly!); and much more. Keep your training up to snuff by sniffing some of the humid air at the track!