February 24, 2011
Winter seems determined to hang on a little longer. (Phil had better be hiding deep enough in his bunker so he can survive some serious grenade "probing".) A cold drizzle was starting as John Domico, Tom Cali, Jon Thurley, Mike Weyandt, Lance Bland, Judd Michael, Marty Klanchar, Michael Goldfine, Jon Oatley, Adam Smith, Mike Renz, Dana Todd, Andy Maguire, Jen Thistle and her friend Jeff, Ron Cunfer, Jerry Steffy, Joel Niemann, Lee Culver, Rob Peterson, Natalie Portman, and Marty Mazur headed for the track.
Destined to be indoors for at least another week, the Crew made do. Bwana had them do a "stubby pyramid": 3-4-4-3 laps. The idea is to do your 2 4 lappers at the same pace as your starting 3 lapper. Then finish even faster if you can! It's a tough two miles, but the whole crew acquitted themselves well!
Well, some of the Crew does not acquit, they just quit! Tom Hilands and Matt Soccio seem to have quit running completely. And Esther and Bree come every other week, burdened with their paving stones of good intentions. Jim Myers is a foul weather runner, and the weather just isn't foul enough for him. And Marv Hall? A quitter? When he was crawling up Treaster Kettle with 12 miles to go on his 50 Miler a few years ago, I would not have said so. But that was then...