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2023 New York City Marathon - Week 7 Banner

2023 New York City Marathon – Week 7

Training Schedule August 13th – August 19th Sunday: Long Run. 8 miles Monday: Off Tuesday: Speed Run. 400m-800m-1200m-1600m-1200m-800m-400m w/400m recoveries Wednesday: Easy Run. 6 miles Thursday: Threshold Run. 7 miles @ marathon pace Friday: Easy Run. 7 miles Saturday: Easy Run. 8 miles Total: ~48

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2019 New York City Marathon - Week 4 Infographic

2019 New York City Marathon – Week 4

For most of the week, I was in Athens, Greece, having arrived last Thursday. Even though I never found a trail or track, I completed a speed workout on Thursday. My return flight landed on Friday night and I ran long the next day!

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2019 Cleveland Marathon Infographic - Week 4

2019 Cleveland Marathon – Week 4

With only a month since the 2019 Boston Marathon, I wondered if my body was rested enough to run well in another.  But, would it matter?  The weather forecast for the Cleveland Marathon was predicting a scorcher… Training Schedule May

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2019 Boston Marathon Infographic - Week 11

2019 Boston Marathon – Week 11

This week, I entered the “strength” phase of the Hansons Marathon Method.  With snow in the forecast for Wednesday morning, I moved my goal marathon pace workout to Thursday. On Saturday afternoon, I napped for hours after my first 20

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2019 Boston Marathon Infographic - Week 8

2019 Boston Marathon – Week 8

I fell short of 5K-10K pace during my interval workout on Monday.  A “polar vortex” moved across the region mid-week and I moved workouts around to accommodate the snow and frigid temperatures.  On Saturday, I decided not to be a

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2017 NYCM Infographic - Week 18

2017 New York City Marathon – Week 18

The 2017 New York City Marathon is tomorrow!  I ran three short but somewhat speedy workouts early in the week and then switched to easy paces starting on Thursday.  I didn’t sleep well and had some weird muscle aches all week

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2017 NYCM Infographic - Week 13

2017 New York City Marathon – Week 13

It was a high mileage week!  I followed my schedule for the week but between the heat and racing the 2017 Dulles Day on the Runway 10K last Saturday, my legs didn’t have much speed in them. Training Schedule September

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