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Written by Bwana Bwana

October 15, 2015

I guess today counts as an Indian Summer Day by Bwana’s reckoning: there was a bit of frost on the grass today before it turned into another splendid, late Fall day. Weather pundits are calling for a big El Niño, which will hopefully bring California some much-needed rain. But who knows that will mean around here this Winter? Certainly not Ken Davis. He’s not THAT kinds of meteorologist.. But he did come to stir up a breeze at the track, along with Jim Myers, Judd and Davis Michael, Tom Cali, Costas Maranas, Dana Todd, Michael Goldfine, CJ Wagner, Esther Prins, John Wilcock, Mark Lee, Torrie Raish, Mike Renz, Carole Dudukovich, Mike Zimmerman, Tony Kwaznica, Seth Senior, newcomer Kenny Dacumos, Alex Wouden, Adam Ilgen, Rich Harter, David Lloyd, and Marty Mazur. Bob Cornwall and Mike Weyandt also get credit for making a showing.

Hopefully, we won’t need as much fortitude to get through the coming Winter as we’ve needed the last two. But just in case, Bwana didn’t want to baby the Crew, so he gave a plus-up version of the Fortitude Workout: NX400-200, where N is usually 4 but today was 5. Do a 400 at about 5K+ to mile race pace. Take a short, 100m rest, then run a 200 at mile race pace. Take a 300 meter rest, then start another rep. If you do this well, you’ll sleep like a baby!

Next weekend is the long-awaited mOUnTaiNBACK Relay, so the track workout will be light for those running it. If you’re not running as an ultra, Tom Cali recommends a speed tune-up the day before: The Run, Walk, and Roll 1 Mile Race from Rec Hall to the IM Building on campus. The race benefits the Penn State Ability Athletics Program. It’s been a long time since the Campus road mile was run. It should be fun!