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2023 New York City Marathon - Week 11 Banner

2023 New York City Marathon – Week 11

Training Schedule September 10th – September 16th Sunday: 2023 George Washington Patriot Run Monday: Off Tuesday: Speed Run. 6 x 1 mile w/400m recoveries Wednesday: Easy Run. 8 miles Thursday: Threshold Run. 8 miles @ marathon pace Friday: Easy Run. 7 miles Saturday: Easy Run.

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2023 New York City Marathon - Week 3 Banner

2023 New York City Marathon – Week 3

Training Schedule July 16th – July 22nd Sunday: Long Run. 12 miles Monday: Off Tuesday: Speed Run. 8 x 600m w/400m recoveries Wednesday: Easy Run. 6 miles Thursday: Threshold Run. 6 miles @ marathon pace Friday: Easy Run. 7 miles Saturday: Easy Run. 6 miles

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2023 New York City Marathon – Week 2

Training Schedule July 9th – July 15th Sunday: Long Run. 12 miles Monday: Off Tuesday: Speed Run. 12 x 400m @ 5K pace w/400m recoveries Wednesday: Easy Run. 6 miles Thursday: Easy Run. 6 miles Friday: Easy Run. 6 miles Saturday: Easy Run. 6 miles

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2022 December Training

December 2022 Training

Training Plan I’m trying the Advanced plan from Hanson’s Marathon Method for my 2023 Boston Marathon training cycle.  December covered weeks 1 to 3. Training Paces I started the month using training paces based on my 42:58 (8:36 pace) from the 2022 Alexandria Turkey Trot

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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 - Week 6 Banner

2022 Erie Marathon – Week 6

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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2021 Year End Review

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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2021 London Marathon - Week 14 Banner

2021 London Marathon – Week 14

With 14 weeks of training in my legs, my motivation started to fade a bit this week but I still got my workouts in. I kept my regular schedule, running long on Sunday, intervals on Tuesday, and medium on Thursday. On Friday afternoon, I did my easy run downtown for a change.

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