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Written by Bwana Bwana

 July 19, 2012

It was soupy, with a hint of later storms as Judd Michael, Ken Davis, Michael and Kelson Goldfine, Rich Harter, Mark Dent, and Marty Mazur headed for the track. Bwana put his finger in the air and sensed that there was still a little too much ozone in the air to push through a hard workout.

Kelson Goldfine, after schlepping around Europe with a back-pack, is back with Mom and Pop and prepping for her next season at Ithaca College. Bwana made sure her first day back at the track was not an embarrassment: Kelson easily outpaced Bwana, who was schlepping his carcass around the track after his own track hiatus, in the workout du jour: the Double Mini-Front Loader. That's 2X(800-200-200-200). Run the 800 at 5K+ pace, but don't go all out because you'll be running 3X200 while recovering from the 800, with only 100m rest after the 8 and between the 2s. The goal is to run your 200s hard, starting at about the pace you finished your 8 and getting faster with each one. Take a longer rest, then do it again.

Track attendance was light, as it usually is during the summer. But Mike Casper showed up to say howdy even though he's fighting an injury. Maybe he wanted to see how early training is going for the mOUnTaiNBACK. But, believe it or not, serious mOUnTaiNBACK training time (the Discovery Series) is just around the corner. That means two-a-days on Thursdays for Bwana. How about you? It can't help but help!