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Voss, universally known as P.V., climbs up to the windowless weight room above the gym for her morning workout: abdominal crunches in sets of 20, leg presses and toe raises, free weights for working her obliques. She's thinking about tonight's school-board meeting. A survey last year found that most people in town are happy with the schools--which she considers a challenge. "That could mean they're less willing to spend more to improve them...
...workout, which lasts until 6, is "not very demanding at all, physically"--or at least according to Wilford--since quarterbacks do not take hits...
Windy day. The forecast said 15-25 mph with gusts up to 50. We stayed indoors for practice. The workout: CII ergometer6K for those who hadn't done it yet, and 50 minutes steady-state for everyone else. I was planning to do an hour but my back started to hurt and I stopped after 53 minutes and did the weight circuit. I wanted to go down this morning but my back was sore after yesterday's work and a poor night's sleep so I stayed in bed; that first step out of bed is the hardest...
...Liang, whose rapid-fire scats are probably the most impressive talent in the group, thinks through an arrangement for the next show. Sophomore Henry Rich, meanwhile, a special concentrator in aesthetics, secludes himself in the corner and reads T.S. Eliot poems into his dictaphone for later listening during his workout at the gym. Others pull up to the bar where, incongruously, they drink water. But it's good to be a Krok, it seems. They joke and laugh, despite their evident differences, because these guys are tightoor as Kirk Bangstad, a senior baritone with a million-dollar smile, puts...
...renovations have just been completed, leaving the center with a new pool, roof, windows and workout room...