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Written by Bwana Bwana

Zeus was threatening some juice as Tom Cali, Jim Moore, Andrew Webb, Dave Moore, Costas Maranas, Mark Fedkin, Jonathan Thurley, Mark Traband, Meira Minard, Kathy Koetje-Simin, Tara Murray, Julie Grubb who recruited newcomers Katie Stec and Hannah Grubb, Janet Jonson, Ron Cunfer, Kevin Becker, John Peterson, Dana Todd, Joel Niemann, Matt Soccio, Jon Oatley, Steve Olson, and Marty Mazur headed for the track. But the only thunder that was heard was from Bwana's "mounds", which are whatever Hill Queen Meira had in mind when she christened them.

Bwana welcomed some newcomers. Apparently track terror Tatum put the word out to some of the local high school talent, and with a ride from Julie Grubb (making her first track appearance in ages), Hannah Grubb and Katie Stec made their first trek with the trackers. But where was Tatum? Bwana called out the truant officers. Just in case the old guy upstairs started hurling bolts, Bwana had the crew do a bunch of short, low recovery stuff so the they could leave on short notice and wouldn't be turned into smoky bacon: 2X6X200, going every 65 seconds (though Dave Moore had time for a cigarette and a cup of coffee between runs at that rate).

Dave Moore wasn't the only one who was smokin', but he was the only one who was doing it at the track. Nick Downs and Judd Michael made it down late, but there were plenty who didn't make it at all. Sherry Tirko, Marv Hall, Tom Hilands, and Bob Cornwall must have had something better to smoke and someplace better to smoke it. Mike Casper, child of the 70s, was teaching young Tim Aydin a one-handed roll. Ann Marie Oldani was having a second bowl, and it wasn't grape nuts. And John Domico was sitting on the floor of a cabin in Tennessee, eating brownie mix right out of a box.