Adventures of a female master runner in Metropolitan Washington, DC.
I entered the race preparation phase of the training program this week. All the hard work came early with three workouts in a row. I had a rough medium run on Wednesday. But, I ran the 2017 Dulles Day on the
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This was the highest mileage week in my training plan. The schedule had 87 miles with five workouts including a 24 mile long run today (which I didn’t complete.) Looking ahead, I’m racing next weekend! Oh, and I registered for
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I ran 78 miles that included a two-a-day, threshold run, two medium runs, and a long run with some miles at marathon race pace! And, I didn’t sleep well this week so it was rough at times. But, I did
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Despite traveling and very little sleep this week, I got my runs in! I ran a tempo run on Monday and medium runs on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. I did them all on the treadmill due to 80 degree morning
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Greetings from Eugene, Oregon! I think this was my most restful taper ever – I “only” ran 32 miles this week. My workouts went well but I felt sluggish during some of them, which isn’t unusual for a taper. My
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I ran the Boston Marathon on Monday and started my taper for the Eugene Marathon the moment I crossed the finish line. After three days of easy running, I did an interval workout on Friday. I feel fantastic! Time to
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Bought some socks at the 2017 Rock ‘n’ Roll DC expo. Encountered the construction detour on the Mount Vernon Trail. Saw Runner’s World came out with a “runner box”. Listened to a few podcasts. Clothing & Gear Socks. Balega Second
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Lately, I’ve been crushing my workouts but this week was the complete opposite. Missed goal paces, disrupted sleep, a blister… And skipped workouts! On the bright side, I made a regional runner ranking in my age group for 2016. Training
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Nasty weather this week! Cold and windy, and then lots of ice on my long run today. It gave me an excuse to only run three days this week. On the bright side, chiropractic therapy seems to be helping my
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It was a great pre-training week! I’m running very well right now. I’m attributing it to the chiropractic treatment because I’m running mostly pain-free these days. But, winter arrived yesterday with sub-freezing temperatures and strong winds. Training Schedule December 4th
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