Category: Races

2023 New York City Marathon - Banner

2023 New York City Marathon

Prologue Training It’s been a challenging climb returning to fitness since my disastrous New York City Marathon in 2019. I started medication for high blood pressure after that race, but then the COVID-19 pandemic derailed everyone’s racing plans for two years.

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2022 Alexandria Turkey Trot 5 Miler - Banner

2022 Alexandria Turkey Trot 5 Miler

Prologue My last race was the 2022 Erie Marathon, where I successfully re-qualified for next year’s Boston Marathon! The next day, I broke my right pinky toe on the coffee table and took several weeks off running. I began running again before

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2022 Erie Marathon

Prologue My last marathon was the 2021 Boston Marathon. Unfortunately, I ran a disappointing 4:12:00, which didn’t re-qualify me for next year’s race!  After running eight consecutive Boston Marathons, I left the finish line area wondering if I’d ever run

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2022 Reston 10 Miler - Banner

2022 Reston 10 Miler

During the first two miles, I ran easy out of respect for the hills.  By the second mile, I adopted a strategy of taking the downhills hard and the uphills easy.  By Mile 9, I passed all the women I had been going back and forth with during the earlier miles, so I felt my plan had paid off.  My time was 1:24:38 (8:28 pace) – about where I thought I would be. After the race, I plugged my time into the McMillan Running Calculator and got a marathon time of 3:57:34 (9:04 pace).  I’ll need to get a bit faster if I hope to re-qualify for the 2023 Boston Marathon with a sub-3:55:00 (8:59 pace) in September.

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