Adventures of a female master runner in Metropolitan Washington, DC.
Training Schedule October 1st – October 7th Sunday: Long Run. 16 milesMonday: OffTuesday: Strength Run. 2 x 3 miles w/800m recoveriesWednesday: Easy Run. 6 milesThursday: Threshold Run. 9 miles @ marathon paceFriday: Easy Run. 6 milesSaturday: Off Total: ~52 Miles Notes. I started the week
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Training Schedule September 24th – September 30th Sunday: Medium-long Run. 14 miles Monday: Off Tuesday: Strength Run. 3 x 2 miles w/800m recoveries Wednesday: Easy Run. 8 miles Thursday: Threshold Run. 9 miles @ marathon pace Friday: Easy Run. 7 miles Saturday: Easy Run. 8
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Training Schedule August 27th – September 2nd Sunday: Long Run. 10 milesMonday: OffTuesday: Speed Run. 6 x 800m w/400m recoveryWednesday: Easy Run. 8 milesThursday: Threshold Run. 8 miles @ marathon paceFriday: Easy Run. 7 milesSaturday: Easy Run. 8 miles Total: ~53 Miles Notes. This week,
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Training Schedule June 19th – June 25th Sunday: Long Run. 14 miles Monday: Rest or cross-training Tuesday: Lactate-threshold Run. 10 miles w/5 miles @ 15K to half marathon race pace Wednesday: Recovery Run. 5 miles Thursday: Medium-long Run. 12 miles Friday: Recovery Run,
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Training Schedule June 12th – June 18th Sunday: Marathon pace Run. 16 miles w/10 miles @ marathon paceMonday: Rest or cross-trainTuesday: General aerobic + speed. 8 mi w/ 10 x 100m stridesWednesday: Easy Run. 5 milesThursday: Medium-long Run. 11 milesFriday: Easy Run. 5
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A very late year-end review for 2021! It was another year of injury and illness. Last February, I fell, breaking two fingers and skinning my knee! In May, I started training for the 2021 London Marathon (as part of the inaugural Wanda Age Group Championship). But in September, I tested positive for COVID-19! A month after recovering, I ran the 2021 Boston Marathon! Unfortunately, I did not re-qualify for next year’s race. For the rest of the year, I ran relatively low mileage but focused on interval training in an attempt to get my speed back in 2022.
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I caught COVID-19! A few days after running the 2021 South Lakes 10K, I tested positive. I spent a week recovering before I resumed training but due to travel and testing complications, accepted that I shouldn’t attempt run the London Marathon. As the British say, I was “gutted” – extremely disappointed after all the training that I’ve done to miss out on the inaugural Wanda Age Group World Championship! But, the Boston Marathon is a pretty nice consolation prize.
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After staying up late on Saturday night, I pushed my first 22-mile effort of this training cycle to Monday. After my interval run on Wednesday, I skipped another workout for the week and did easy runs in preparation for the South Lakes 10K on Sunday! Finally, I’ll be racing in-person again!
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After a long treadmill run on Sunday, I ventured back out to the roads on Tuesday and Thursday for some very light speed-work. And, my doctors subjected me to more medical tests to see what might be causing my fatigue.
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This week was supposed to start the race preparation cycle of my training, but I was down and out with a cold for three days! Fall officially arrived on Sunday but the temperatures in the Washington, DC region were still breaking records.
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