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Written by Bwana Bwana

August 27, 2015

It used to be that school started in September, though that’s been creeping up on the Calendar for a long time now. September decided to creep up and meet the incoming schoolchildren of all ages. September weather hit a little early. It was cloudy and cool with temperatures in the mid 60s as Tom Cali, Judd Michael, Lance Bland, Ken Davis, Michael Goldfine, Mike Renz, Andy Maguire, Mike Martin, CJ Wagner, Seth Senior, newcomer Melissa Davies, Mike Zimmerman, Bob Shafer, Joel Niemann, Esther Prins, Carole Dudukovich, Adam Ilgen, Jim Laudermilch, Dana Todd, Alex Wouden, and Marty Mazur headed for the track. Will the relatively cool summer we’ve had give us a mild day for the Mt Nittany Marathon? We could ask Ken Davis, but he’s not that kind of meteorologist.

Bwana greeted Melissa Davies, a first-timer to Track, but already well plugged-in to the local running scene. The cool weather called for longer reps. Bwana gave the old stand-by 3X1K, the 1Ks to be done at 5K race tempo, with an easy 400m jog for a rest. This is a great workout at higher volumes (4 or 5 or more reps) for marathon tempo training, but pushed just a little harder is a nice trainer even for 5Ks.

It was good to see Joel at the track, back from another injury/surgery. One of these year’s he’ll be able to put together a whole year of kicking my ass while not in traction. Carole is going to have a hard time making it regularly to track now that school’s back. We’ll miss our student and teacher friends who’ll have conflicts. But those who can make it to the track on Thursday: come and get schooled!