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Written by Bwana Bwana

July 18, 2013

After the long, cool, rainy start to early Summer, the last couple of weeks have been unexpectedly steamy. But, whadaya expect? Arts Fest marks the beginning of the real puke part of Summer, and it didn't disappoint. In the Arts Fest races, the 5K was "doable", the 10K saw the swelter swat a few down, and the revived 10 Miler met all expectations: it was barely survivable. What wasn't expected was the light turnout at Track. It was near 90 under mostly sunny skies with high humidity as Tom Cali, Judd Michael, George Lesieutre, Mike Martin, Dana Todd, Kevin Becker, Jim Laudermilch, David Lloyd, Aisling Ryan, and Marty Mazur, 9 stalwarts in all, headed for the track.

Bwana normally likes to pamper his charges, and on a hot day usually delivers short stuff like 200s for the workout. But unexpectedly, he announced something a little longer: 6X400, though at 5K (not "5K+" pace). Trying to keep the 200m rests within a consistent time was actually tougher than running the 400s moderately hard. We had a light breeze and occasional, unexpected cloud screen to thank for respite. But despite the blessed breaths and occasional occlusions, there was some grumbling and even an unexpected profanity (who knew George swore?) Well, next week looks to be cooler and maybe we won't have to deal with so much f**king sun! (I'll bet you didn't expect that!)

There's really no reason to wuss out on Thursday Track. Bwana scales his workouts according to conditions and hasn't lost a Tracker yet! So keep your Summer training going, and your Fall race times will be good…unexpectedly!