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Written by Bwana Bwana

 

August 14, 2014

The weather around here, pretty much since Mother Nature tipped her hat to Arts Fest and provided appropriately warm and muggy weather, has been very un-summerlike. Outside of a few days in late July, it has seemed like September, and a rainy one at that. Summer topped out early. Or has it? Some people, I think, are hoping so. Specifically those running upcoming late-summer marathons, including our Mount Nittany Marathon in just two weeks. In the meantime, summer track attendance has bottomed out. Today, there were just barely enough for a quorum. Judd Michael, Costas Maranas, Andrew Maguire, Mike Zimmerman, Mike Martin, Dean Capone, Tim Bracken, David Lloyd, Sara Noss, and Marty Mazur braved (?) the mostly sunny skies and low 70s temperatures (and low humidity) to get in a track workout.

Bwana wanted everybody to feel a little bit twitchy. Fast-twitchy, that is. So, today’s workout was two sets of 6X200 with short rests. The 200s were run at a little faster than mile race pace, but not a sprint! The rest was too short (100m) and the volume too big for that. It’s a relatively easy workout, though you can always pump up the volume (2X(8X200) or 3X(6X200)) when you do this with more time on your hands.

The last of the late-summer short races are coming, including Herbie’s Hometown Loop this weekend. Then it’s mOUnTaiNBACK prep, fall marathons, and the Nittany Valley Half. Bwana will mix in some short stuff, but soon most of the track workouts will be high volume, long reps. Enjoy the rest of the summer, because September is already here!