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Written by Bwana Bwana

It was cool, partly cloudy, and very breezy as Jim Myers, John Domico, Tom Cali, Judd Michael, Jim Moore, Greg Dillon, Ken Davis, John Sheakoski, Tom Hilands, Meira Minard, Tara Murray, Tim Aydin, Matt Soccio, Joel Niemann, Kirk Rager, John Ake, Michael Goldfine, Rob Peterson, Dana Todd, and Marty Mazur headed for the track. It seems Spring started out as Summer, with near 90 degree weather in early April, and has been slowy moving backward toward early April weather since then.

A lot of people were retrogressing at the track today. Artie Gilkes, whose Harry Groves team won the 20K Team Race at the Penn Relays, was there with a workout partner. Thursday Track is definitely a step back for these guys. Meira Minard, Tom Cali, John Domico, and assorted other recent long race participants were back at and almost in full stride. Bwana had the Crew do a two-person ladder relay: 200-400-600-800-1K-1K-800-600-400-200, with the two runners alternating. The wind on the backstretch had several participants running retrograde.

The Crew has its share of backsliders. For every Tom Hilands and Kirk Rager who find their way back to the track, there's a Lee Culver and Marv Hall who seem to be lost in a different county. Jonathan Thurley went from following an ultramarathoner around campus last week to ogling sunbathers in Central Parklet this week. Tim Aydin was at the Kentucky Derby last weekend and still managed to get to the track. Mark Traband, on the other hand seems to get lost sweeping out the stables at his pony palace. Ann Marie Oldani and Janet Jonson were back to their schedule of one week on, several weeks off. And Kathy Koetje-Simin was practicing her breast-stroke at the Nat. Kathy: You run marathons with your legs. If you're really gonna run three of those within a month, you've got to work on your legs.