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Track Torture

Track Torture #5: Criminal Edition

by Runner Susan on September 25, 2008

in Track Torture

Today Cindy and I opted to do track torture during the daylight hours so we could get some halfway decent pictures. Although, when we arrived at the track, we were abruptly greeted by a policewoman letting us know the track was not available during school hours.  It’s understandable because we do look pretty stealthy and [...]

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I Hate Track Torture #4: Tired and Slow

by Runner Susan on September 18, 2008

in Track Torture

Slow was the name of the game today. I couldn’t make myself go any faster or do any more. 10 x 200s was all I had in me. So instead of talking about my stealthy, but unspeedy self, I’d like to show you how the professionals keep track of their laps (Fuck the 1:01): Pretty [...]

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I know you all are going to be heartbroken because we don’t have any alien video footage this week. Instead, we opted for the good old-fashioned camera. Although, I really need to have a talk with the sun gods to see if we can get a little light at 5 AM. Once again, there’s plenty [...]

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Okay Internet People, I know you don’t have anything better to do than watch me run around a track in the dark. So for your viewing pleasure we decided to get really high tech with some fancy pants special effects videography. Either that or we’ve just sunk to an all time low. You can decide. [...]

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I Hate Track Torture #1

by Runner Susan on August 28, 2008

in 2008 Chicago Marathon,Track Torture

We used today’s workout to do some ladders to just get the feel of how things were going to go. And let me start off by saying, I hate the track. I have a hard time believing that during my high school years I was a sprinter and I could run a 400m dash in [...]

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