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Written by Bwana Bwana

March 17, 2011

Exactly four weeks ago, Mother Nature played a little trick on us, giving us that nasty tease, the foretaste of Spring. That day, it was in the 60s and sunny and the Crew ran to the outdoor track for the first time since the New Year. Then we had an assortment of snow storms to remind us who is boss and to keep us penned indoors. Well, Mother Nature has relented, at least for the time being. Spring has sprung in State College. It was breezy and warm as Jim Myers, John Domico, Judd Michael, Lance Bland, Ken Davis, Marty Klanchar, Randy Jepson, Costas Maranas, Tom Hilands, John Wilcock, Mark Lee, Dave DeGroote, Michael Goldfine, Jon Thurley, Adam Smith, Jen Thistle, Esther Prins, and Marty Mazur headed to the outdoor track.

Bwana gave the old (we're talking early-90s old) "no-brainer" workout of 400-800-800-400. The only requirement is that you do your last 400 faster than your first. People pushed it today, and they had to since there was a stiff headwind on the back stretch.

Spring was not all that was sprung today. Mike Weyandt, Mike Renz and Jon Oatley sprung a mini-mutiny and headed out on a junk-mile run. Bwana is forgiving, since they seem to have a need to pile on the miles for their marathons. But if a crusty old coot like Domico can show up at the track on his BIRTHDAY, and while in training for a marathon as well, you'd think these fools would learn from the master! There were also several other MIAs. Bwana will be looking for green beer stains next week.