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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 1 Banner

2023 New York City Marathon – Week 1

Training Schedule July 2nd – July 8th Sunday: Long Run. 10 miles Monday: Off Tuesday: Easy Run. 6 miles Wednesday: Easy Run. 6 miles Thursday: Easy Run. 6 miles Friday: Easy Run. 6 miles Saturday: Easy Run. 6 miles Total: ~40 Miles Notes. Strangely, the

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2022 Erie Marathon - Week 13 Banner

2022 Erie Marathon – Week 13

Training Schedule July 31st – August 6th Sunday: Long Run. 18 miles Monday: Rest or cross-train Tuesday: VO2Max Run. 10 miles. 6x1000m @ 5K pace w/jog 50-90% interval time Wednesday: Medium-long Run. 15 miles Thursday: Recovery Run. 6 miles Friday: Medium-long Run. 12 miles

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2022 Erie Marathon - Week 4 Banner

2022 Erie Marathon – Week 4

Training Schedule May 29th – June 4th Sunday: Rest or cross-train Monday: Medium-long Run. 15 miles Tuesday: Recovery Run. 4 miles Wednesday: General Aerobic Run + Speed. 9 miles w/6 x 10 sec. hill sprints + 8 x 100m strides Thursday: Recovery Run. 5 miles

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2022 Erie Marathon - Week 2 Banner

2022 Erie Marathon – Week 2

Training Schedule May 15th – May 21st Sunday: Long Run. 14 milesMonday: Rest or cross-trainTuesday: General Aerobic Run + Speed. 7 miles w/6 x 10 sec. hill sprints + 8 x 100m stridesWednesday: Medium-long Run. 10 milesThursday: Easy Run. 4 milesFriday: General

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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 8 Banner

2021 London Marathon – Week 8

The weather was cooler than usual for my 18-miler on Sunday. On Tuesday, the temperature rose to the mid-70s for my 600m repeats workout. Due to near 80-degree heat, 7 miles @ goal marathon pace became marathon effort. After a check-up on Wednesday, I felt confident that whatever was negatively impacting my training in the fall of 2019 resolved itself but I have a long road back to my former fitness level.

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2021 London Marathon - Week 4 Banner

2021 London Marathon – Week 4

This week, I started setting pace expectations for my runs. Sunday’s long run was only 16 miles so I wanted to run it faster than usual but the weather didn’t allow it. The heat also made my “speed” workout fairly slow. But I completed the runs and by the end of the week, had confidence about completing my workouts in the heat.

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