Thursday Track Report: La Vida Es Sueño
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Bwana doesn't deal with cold drabness very well, Especially when he's fighting a cold, feeling drab, and numb as well from a morning visit to the dentist! Wah, wah, wah... So it was the same thing all over again as last week: NX800. For Bwana, N was 3, but several others ran 4, 5, or 6.
We had a good turnout today, despite the cold and the blahs. But when you're in the dumps, sometimes dream or fantasy is better than reality. Tara Murray was blabbing it up on Facebook, telling everybody about what punk rocker she is most like. Dave Moore was daydreaming about being Derek Zoolander and modeling NVRC fashion apparel. Mark Traband was thumbing through Bullfinch's Mythology trying to figure out which Greek god he'd like to be. And Bob Cornwall was practicing in the shower and getting a tape ready for his American Idol audition.
Thursday Track Report: Inexplicable!
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Some of the Penn State track team was gearing up for the Spring season, so Bwana sent his crew to the outer lane to do NX800. The not-too-stiff breeze on the back stretch made the workout not-so-tough.
John Sheakoski, "Bwana" of the sports pools at ARL, was enjoying a few beers watching the first few March Madness games. Sherry Tirko, who usually wins most of the money, was pre-spending her winnings at the same bar. Bwana assumes that everyone else who was missing today was drinking to Bwana's health on his birthday.
Jinxing Spring
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We needed a lot of fortitude to get through this Winter, so Bwana decided to see how much was left. Today's was the Fortitude Workout: 4X(400-200) with low recovery between the 400 and the 200 of each set. I really think people missed this workout. But now that Winter is pretty much done, we'll be seeing more of this kind of thing. Bwana is risking jinxing Spring. In fact, he's doing an endzone dance after sprinting past the panting remains of Winter's defensive line, spiking the ball and everything. And how can Spring not be here? Bwana's wife saw the first groundhog out and about after its Winter slumber.
A few people are dealing with the remains of Winter. Tara Murray's excuse is a bad cold. Either that or she's snake charming again. Stephanie Serriere is looking forlornly at her cross-country skis, hanging up in her shed until next year. Julie Grubb was deciding whether to take that last snowball of Winter out of the freezer and mix up some margaritas. Bob Jones thinks it's still Winter and is circling the Rec Hall track. And Costas Maranas is stuck on the golf course, terrified to run over the last little dirty pile of snow!
Putting The Breaks On Spring
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The crew did some longer pace work. Domico and Sheakoski did 4X1 mile, and some of the others did a mile followed by some 800s. A little boring, but about the right thing for the conditions.
Not too much Bwana can say to most of those who weren't at the track. It is Spring Break, after all. Cali is working out with marathoners in Arizona and getting chased by rattlesnakes and coyotes. And Lee Culver is managing to avoid heat stroke in the Dominican Republic. But a there were some folks still in town, on a slow work day, who still managed to stay holed up in their offices. Such as Ron Cunfer, who whined about the weather and went back to code-geeking...
Boston Splits
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The outdoor folk did NX800 with N=3,4, or more, depending on how each runner felt. Jim Myers, whose foot has been giving him trouble, felt good enough to show up and do at least N=1.
Everybody seemed to have been there, either in or out, and those who weren't get a reprieve, as long as they promise to donate to the NVRC/CVIM Boston Marathon Teams!