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Written by Bwana Bwana

February 10, 2011

Bwana spied the twitterings and twitchings of tufted titmice through the window of his retreat. Everything is aching for Spring, but the track is still buried under snow and we're all stuck in a deep freeze. But, having gone since New Years without a significant thaw, Winter may be at least starting to rehearse its swan song. Next week will be warm enough to MAYBE thaw the outdoor track. In the mean time, John Domico, Jim Moore, John Sheakoski, Lance Bland, Judd Michael, Costas Maranas, Randy Jepson, Marty Klanchar, Ken Davis, Mike Casper, Jon Thurley, Andy Maguire, Michael Goldfine, Tim Spigelmyer, Jen Thistle, Esther Prins, Jerry Steffy, Joel Niemann, newcomer Cory Neff, Jim Laudermilch, Kevin Becker, Ron Cunfer, Rob Peterson, Mark Traband, Dana Todd, Lucy Liu, and Marty Mazur headed for the MSF to try to blast of the buildup of winter crud in their legs and lungs.

Bwana was feeling "Pre-Springlike" and warned the Crew that he was giving a killer workout. It was 2-person 12X200 relays. This is a low recovery workout similar to the NX3X300 except for a couple of things: The distance is about 80 yards shorter and HENCE people go faster; They get more recovery time, and HENCE they go faster. BUT (and, like Bwana's, it's a big but-t) it's not broken into sets. You don't get a big break after a bunch of little ones. It's a grind, and if you start too fast, you really pay. But the Crew found their groove and most said that they started seeing hope at about lap 9. There was a lot of blue smoke hanging in the air, but Bwana thinks the treatment worked.

There's hope and there's hopeless. Some people seem to just hang up their cleats all winter. The turnout was good today, but there were a few missing links. Tom Cali was buffing his appreciation plaque and spending the $10 NVRC dues that he no longer has to fork over every year. Bob Cornwall was also buffing his plaque, this from the leftover Christmas cookies he's been hiding in his desk. Greg Dillon was flossing his plaque and grooming his back all in one operation. And Marv Hall was working on some REAL plaque, in the Ag barns. (I thought he was a soils guy?)