Sam
7.04 km pre-clinic to get to the prescribed 2:20 + 18.2 km of snowy, hilly, windy, cold, messy, butt-busting, character-building running. Worst footing of the season with mostly unplowed sidewalks... read more
- Site:
- http://about.me/ssykes
- Miles:
- 1839 total / 181 in 2012
- Goal:
Run fast. Run far. Run often.
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good Mileage before + CCRR Half Ma... 25.24 km 02:28 09:27 pace
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good Saturday ladder Intervals wit... 12.46 km 01:12 09:18 pace
3.46 k warmup run to Sunnybrook + 1-2-3-3-2-1-1-2-3 tempo ladder with 1 min rest between intervals + 3.99 k run back to Mountain Bean Coffee. Minor wipeout during one interval,further feeding into... read more
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good CCRR half marathon clinic 8.4 km
Slow and steady, hanging out with a tired clinic member working on their form. Had a great chat getting to know a different pace group.
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good CCRR Half Marathon Clinic - S... 5.9 km 00:40 10:46 pace
Run to Cherry Street Speed location and back. Cheer and coaching in the crazy cold.
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blah 3 crazy 8s at Casa Loma with ... 5.58 km 00:31 08:48 pace
1 hill: fine. 1 min rest: not that bad. 2 hill: a little tired, cold and sweaty. 1 min rest: pretty bagged. 3 hill: Where can I possibly puke up french toast with too much syrup eaten too close t... read more
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good Sunday LSD = mileage before +... 22.46 km 02:02 08:43 pace
Ran to the store (2.78 k) + Ran 18.47 km with Miguel, Andrew and Enzo where I struggled with my Garmin vs. the others (mine was reading fast today for some reason - hmmm) + added on a couple kms d... read more
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YEAH YOU DID!
8 days ago • Like
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@Nicole M: yup, training for Beantown!
7 days ago • Like
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good Hilly steady run 11.58 km 01:03 08:48 pace
Took it easier since one of our training partners' PF was acting up in the last 1/3. Over dressed a bit, but took on Hogg's Hollow like a champ, and we cruised in chatting. Had a stitch around 8 ... read more
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blah Yoga for Runners and Spinners 01:00
Most boring, blah yoga class I've been to in a very very long time. Not quite Yin, not quite Vinyasa/Flow, not very useful adjustments, bland teacher. All in all, I coulda foam rolled and slept ... read more
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good Thursday Run : Steady + Tempo... 10.09 km 00:50 08:03 pace
2.78 km steady run to the store
+ 6.2 km fast tempo/5k race pace with @alizimmerman (averaging 4:15 which felt amaze balls and like fun easy cruising.) Worked on leg turnover and tight core. Ch... read more
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If that goal is wrong, who wants to be right? great workout!
10 days ago • Like
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good Last day of hills with CCRR 6.2 km
1.25 k warmup joined in a Poplar Plains medley of 2 x 3 different hills plus some stairs. Threw in some squats and lunges while waiting for people in between sets. Cheered on clinic folks tackl... read more
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Casa Loma Figure eights 9.8 km
1.5 k warmup 5.9 k of figure eights which felt great (benchmark: stay with Sarah) 1st rep: on her heels, 2nd rep: fell back 20 m on last 1/3 of Glen Edyth ascent but caught up again on downhill, ... read more
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alright CCRR Half Marathon - OMP/LSD 12.43 km 01:05 08:21 pace
Most of my usual crew that I lead didn't show up today, and I wanted to see what my legs could do on Day 7 of sustained effort. So I split folks up for a week and decided to chase Miguel as best a... read more
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Nice Job:
Should have had Mr. Sykes hop off the trainer for a bit of energizing cowbell as you went by. Enjoy a rest day or two. I think you've earned it.
15 days ago
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good 1 hour LSD 11.58 km 01:00 08:21 pace
Am supposed to do a 1 hour LSD at 9 min/mi or slower pace and a 8 or 10 mile OMP this weekend. The weather outside was grey, rainy, icy and super windy. Went out with 8 mile intention, quickly ch... read more
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good Morning Hot Yoga 01:15
Experimenting with new times and classes to fit in my weekly yoga/forced stretch. I really REALLY liked this class - the teacher was great and gave good adjustments, though used a lot of wishy-was... read more
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good CCRR Half Marathon Clinic - S... 12.95 km 01:18 09:43 pace
2.65 k Tempo run to the store 7.65 k awesome uptempo run and chat with Erin of RunShorts and The Runway fame who gave an inspiring fun trail running talk to the group 2.65 k steady tempo run ho... read more
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alright Icy snowy slippery hill tempo 9.4 km
Casa Loma was snowy and icy -- on the run there, on the run back, and on the hills proper. The first 3 reps were ok, though taking corners and slopes needed caution. Once I hit rep 4, my legs sta... read more
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5 minutes of Plank!!!! Wow
19 days ago • Like
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You're an Inspiration:
I can't even do 30 secs of plank. You are my plank hero!
19 days ago
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good STR insanity 01:20
Lunges. Stairs lunges = the worst! Side steps and full out caterpillar. Core craziness with 3:45/5:00 of plank on first round (progress!), reverse plank, hip extensions, supermans, pointer dogs, 90... read more
Sam
Character building for sure! I miss running with you guys... Crazy routes and all!
about 13 hours ago