Adventures of a female master runner in Metropolitan Washington, DC.
Last week, I ran so well that I prepared myself for a slow-down this week. But, every workout – even intervals on the treadmill – was solid. I finished the week thinking, “This is fitness!” Training Schedule February 24th –
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Going into the race, I felt great! I got side-stitches early in the race but ran through them. It was a little congested in the middle miles but I navigated it. I finished in 29:29 (7:23 pace).
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After two tough workouts, I decided I should respect the marathon and take it easy for the rest of the week. I’m looking forward to running the Boston Marathon on Monday and then focusing on the Eugene Marathon in three
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After weeks of cloudy skies, the sun finally appeared on Tuesday. I ran well until Saturday when summer arrived with a vengeance and I wilted in the heat. But the big news of the week was that I’ll be working
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Scroll all the way down to the end of the post for the tl;dr version. Training I ran the California International Marathon three and a half weeks ago. I took two weeks off and then started training for the Boston
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Scroll all the way down to the end of the post for the tl;dr version. Prologue I’d been chasing sub-3:20 in the marathon since training for the 2012 New York City Marathon. The race was cancelled that year, but I’ve
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I’m tapering! After completing a 20 miler on Sunday, I started decreasing mileage in the final weeks of training for the California International Marathon. But, the Hansons plan is no joke and the first week of the taper still had
Continue readingScroll all the way down to the end of the post for the tl;dr version. Prologue My first New York City Marathon (NYCM) was supposed to be the 2012 race. It was cancelled due to Hurricane Sandy. I had trained
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