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Written by Bwana Bwana

January 9, 2014

After last week’s attack of wind-blown polar bears from the Canadian shield, the weather today was almost what we might call warm. Due to the light winds (for a change) Bwana was even tempted to call an outdoor workout, but with many preparing for the Indoor Mile Series, an indoor workout was the pick of the day. Tom Cali, Judd Michael, Lance Bland, George Lesieutre, Dean Capone, Meira Minard, Jon Thurley, Frank Zaffino, John Wilcock, Mark Lee, Mike Zimmerman, Russ Kalnoskas, Allison Machnicki, Barb Kelsey, Dana Todd, Jim Laudermilch, Lee Culver, Ron Cunfer, David Lloyd, Sara Noss, and Marty Mazur all showed up to relieve Costas Maranas from early track warm-up duties.

Bwana gave a moderately heavy workout for two days before the mile race. But some present were preparing for other things, like spring 5Ks, and so the workout was long enough to be appropriate for that. Besides, the milers could choose to cut the workout short. The workout was a lot like what goes on near the North Pole:  a swirling vortex of 5-4-3-2 laps in lane 5, starting at mile race pace and picking it up as the reps get shorter. It’s a confidence builder if you can get through the 5 and the 4 without losing any pace. And at least a few who missed this weeks Indoor Mile registration cut-off felt good enough to commit to dropping their names in the hat for next week’s race.

Just because the polar bears have slunk off to their ice caves doesn’t mean winter is over. Not by a long shot. What it does mean is that when they come back, we’ll be ready for them. Our skin will already be dry. Our lungs will be parched from doing a few Indoor Miles, and we won’t be whining about 20 degrees anymore!