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Written by Bwana Bwana

June 23, 2011

It was the first Thursday Track workout of the summer, and the weather was mild, but humid as Jim Myers, John Domico, Bob Cornwall, Jim Moore, Meira Minard, Lance Bland, Greg Luna, Andrew Webb, Mike Casper, Dana Todd, Kirk Rager, Andy Maguire, Frank Zaffino, Michael Goldfine, Rich Harter, Kevin Becker, Ron Cunfer, Rob Peterson, and Marty Mazur headed for the track. Bwana must be missing someone, since there are usually at least 20 people at ALL of his summer track workouts!

Attendance was "lite", weather was "Summer Lite", so Bwana gave a "lite" version of the workout that the Tuesday evening track group did when he dropped in on them the other night. Theirs had centered on 9X500 in three sets of successively faster paced 3X500s (no break between sets and jogging 200m rests between 500s). But the Tuesday group has time for stretches, stride-outs and all the rest. Even on a long lunch hour, Bwana's Crew had to cut it to 3 successively faster paced sets of 2X500. It's a hard workout at the pace the Thursday Trackers attack everything: too fast. Some of the runners were reduced to walking the 200m rests on their last couple of 500s! This workout is one we'll fold into the rotation. It's a nice change from 400s. We'll get the pacing right.

Some of the Crew are obviously trying to get their pacing right for summer activities: playing outfield at softball games with a can of beer next to your "station"; timing the ordering of your next umbrella drink so you are never dry; staying internally and externally basted as you baste your slow-cooked pork shoulder; and for some, keeping the number of funnel cakes and corn dogs just below the puking threshold for the next roller coaster ride. Pacing is everything! But remember to get back on pace for mOUnTaiNBACK training, starting in two months!