Adventures of a female master runner in Metropolitan Washington, DC.
Training Schedule August 14th – August 20th Sunday: Long Run. 17 miles Monday: Rest or cross-train Tuesday: Recovery + speed 7 mi w/ 6 x 100 m strides Wednesday: VO2max Run. 10 mi w/5 x 1,200 m @ 5K race pace; jog 50
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Training Schedule August 7th – August 13th Sunday: Long Run. 18 miles w/14 miles @ marathon race pace Monday: Rest or cross-train Tuesday: VO2Max Run. 9 miles. 5x600m @ 5K pace w/jog 50-90% interval time Wednesday: General Aerobic Run. 9 miles Thursday: Medium-long
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Training Schedule June 19th – June 25th Sunday: Long Run. 14 miles Monday: Rest or cross-training Tuesday: Lactate-threshold Run. 10 miles w/5 miles @ 15K to half marathon race pace Wednesday: Recovery Run. 5 miles Thursday: Medium-long Run. 12 miles Friday: Recovery Run,
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Training Schedule May 22nd – May 28th Sunday: Marathon-pace run. 15 miles w/8 miles at marathon paceMonday: Rest or cross-trainTuesday: Medium-long Run. 10 milesWednesday: Recovery Run. 4 milesThursday: Lactate Threshold Run. 8 miles w/4 miles at lactate threshold paceFriday: Recovery Run. 4 milesSaturday:
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I had another speedy long run with my overall pace falling around 9:30. Two days later I had a fun interval session at the track. On Thursday, I fell a little short of 9 miles at marathon-pace but it was still a good workout.
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It was a busy week getting ready for my move to a new house! I completed a marathon-pace run on Sunday and stayed on schedule until Wednesday when I moved the training calendar forward a day in anticipation that I wouldn’t run long on moving day next Sunday. On Thursday evening, I stayed late at the new house but still ran the next day.
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This was the hardest week that I’d had in a while. Purchasing a home on Monday took a lot of my mental and emotional energy and then work stress on Tuesday took what was left. By Wednesday, the day the U.S. Capitol was breached, I had nothing left. I took Friday off from running and hoped to rebound next week.
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After a week of down-time, I started my winter training cycle! My goal is just to be fitter by spring so I can properly train for the 2021 London Marathon next fall. However, I was so focused on house-hunting that the first workout caught me by surprise.
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On Tuesday, I ran a Yasso 800 workout to get a sense for what marathon pace might be. I had a great medium run on Thursday – the 4th fastest of the year thanks to… Oasis? And despite COVID-19 concerns, I returned to my big, national-chain gym for weight training workouts.
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This was the last week of Phase 3 of Daniel’s Running Formula’s half marathon training plan! Meanwhile, I missed the registration deadline for the virtual London Marathon and after 22 weeks of teleworking, prepared to return to on-site in September.
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