Adventures of a female master runner in Metropolitan Washington, DC.
Training Schedule September 17th – September 23rd Sunday: Long Run. 20 milesMonday: OffTuesday: Strength Run. 4 x 1.5 miles w/800m recoveriesWednesday: Easy Run. 6 milesThursday: Threshold Run. 9 miles @ marathon paceFriday: Easy Run. 6 milesSaturday: Easy Run. 6 miles Total: ~63 Miles Notes. I
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Training Schedule August 28th – September 3rd Sunday: 2022 South Lakes 10K Monday: Long Run. 16 milesTuesday: RestWednesday: General aerobic + speed. 7 mi w/8 x 100m stridesThursday: Recovery Run. 5 milesFriday: VO2maxRun. 8 mi w/ 3 x 1,600 m @ 5K race pace; jog
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Scroll all the way down to the end of the post for the tl;dr version. Prologue (If you’re not familiar with relays, my race report from 2015 Ragnar Cape Cod has a brief description of how they work.) This would
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I haven’t been too focused on running lately, so I skipped two weeks of running-related gear, music, podcasts, etc. Going forward, I’m going to cut down the frequency of this type of post. Weekly might be too much. I’m thinking
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Bought a few pieces at the New York City Marathon. “The world is but a treat when you’re on Easy Street”. (Sorry.) Mentally, trying to steel myself to train for yet another attempt at sub-3:20 in the marathon. Caught up
Continue readingI listened to some good podcasts this week on safety and marathon training tips. I re-read an article on getting over a bad race. The official gear for the New York City Marathon came out and I bought a singlet.
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Like most runners in the area, I’m done with summer. To get me through this week, I relied on fun music to lift my mood and new gear. On my runs this week, there were safety concerns, hazards, and interesting animal sightings on the rail trails.
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