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Written by Bwana Bwana

May 15, 2014

The slide form Winter to Summer has been anything but consistent. A gusty mix of March and May confronted Jim Myers, Judd Michael, Lance Bland, Bob Cornwall, Mike Casper, Andy Maguire, Mike Martin, Jeff Welsh, Mike Zimmerman, Charley Vassey, newcomer Josh Piotti, Rich Harter, David Lloyd, Sara Noss and Marty Mazur as they headed to the track. It was moderately warm and humid, but stiff winds from all directions swirled around the track. 

Turnout was light, with people still recovering from the Pittsburgh Marathon. Well, not everyone needs a month's recovery. Renz and Martin were already doing a “pre-workout” when Bwana got to the track, as was newcomer Josh Piotti, an Altoona native recently moved to State College. But others were recovering from other things. Thursday Track Professor Emeritus Jim Myers made his first showing  at the track since a late Winter knee surgery. Jim did a perfunctory lap or two, but he’ll be back kicking Bwana’s ass in no time. In fact he did it today! Bwana’s hamstring injury became a full-blown debilitation when he tripped during a jog on Tuesday. (Tip: Don’t run on the golf course trails when you are having a little trouble lifting your legs!) So Bwana did a mile or so of “Administrative Assistant Power Walking” while the Crew tore a groove in the track. Renz called the workout, a sawtooth that Bwana will add to his repertoire: NX(200-400-600-400-200). Short (100m) rests between reps with a longer rest between sets. Most did N=2. This is a great whipsaw workout, a real challenge to maintain consistency with the short rests!

Speaking of maintaining consistency, injured Bwana needs to burn his calories somehow (power walking just does not do it!) As he was driving back home from the Y this morning after a cardio spin, he saw Jaimie Wright flying down Westerly Parkway. She just ran a torrid Boston, so what’s she training for now?…