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Written by Bwana Bwana

May 23, 2013

The weather is changing again. The mini-heat wave of the earlier part of the week was waning as Lance Bland, newcomer Jen Naymick, George Lesieutre, Lee Culver, Ron Cunfer, Dean Capone, Mike Martin, Michael Goldfine, Garren Katz, Esther Prins, Jaimie Wright, Kevin Becker, Jeff Welsh, Rob Peterson, Jim Laudermilch, Charlie Vassey, Dana Todd, John Wilcock, David Lloyd, and Marty Mazur headed for the track under cloudy skies with mild, humid breezes blowing. The classic Memorial Day Weekend races coming up will be run with temperatures 30 degrees cooler than that of just yesterday!

Bwana wanted some suggestions to change things up for this workout. John Wilcock suggested "Indians", only because he "knew" Bwana wouldn't take him up. Well, a good Chief listens to his Braves, or lets himself get played by them. Indians it was. 2X4 laps in fast, medium and slow groups. Each 4 lap run was at least a mile. The "slow" group ran in Lane 2, the "fast" in Lane 6, and the "medium between them. The runners ran Single File, Indian Style as we used to say back in pre-PC days. The last in line would sprint to the front of his group, then curb his enthusiasm to keep the group at a 10K+ pace through the mile. This is a deceptively hard workout. Despite an overall easy pace for the mile, the short sprints really wear you down. After a much needed 1 lap rest break, runners could choose to change groups for the 2nd 4 lapper.

Bwana, whose very name some consider un-PC, was apprised of the fact that the "new name" for Indians is "Kenyan Queues". Since most Kenyans are, by definition, not Americans, Bwana prefers to honor the Autochthonous Americans (i.e. "Indians") who contributed to our track greatness, including Jim Thorpe and Billy Mills. When we line things up, we'll be doing Indians.

Also at the track, though earlier than the Crew, were Dave Jenkins and Bill Bonness, two erstwhile trackers from long ago. Bill's daughter Lauren is making a name for herself in the sprints. She's made it to States by her abilities in the 100, 200, and 4X100. Good luck, Lauren!