Adventures of a female master runner in Metropolitan Washington, DC.
This would be my last hard week of training because I decided to run the 2020 Alexandria (Virtual) Turkey Trot next week. But, it was still a stressful week because my boyfriend and I put a contract on a house! Ultimately, we didn’t get it, though, and by Thursday I was relieved to run off some of the anxiety!
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In May, I finished the 2019 Cleveland Marathon in 3:56:40 (9:02 pace). It was a brutally hot day and only a few weeks after I completed the 2019 Boston Marathon, so I decided to run easy for a few weeks. In contemplating a fall marathon plan, I wasn’t going to make the 2019 New York City Marathon my goal because I would be taking a long work trip at the end of August. But after a week of doing a lot of miles on the treadmill and realizing my last race was almost two months ago, I suddenly felt as though the break had gone long enough.
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My second attempt at a 50 mile week was successful. I ran a 15 mile long run outside on Sunday. Then, as the temperature climbed close to 80 degrees on most mornings, I did the rest of my workouts on the treadmill.
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Between my year end review, the San Diego 50 Miler, getting ready to start training for the 2018 Boston Marathon, and having my bathroom remodeled; I haven’t had a chance to post about anything other than training until now! I
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Scroll all the way down to the end of the post for the tl;dr version. Prologue Inspired by the Barkley Marathons documentary and a Marathon Talk episode with Elisabet Barnes describing the Marathon de Sables, I thought I might try
Continue readingI ran my longest run in the early hours of a snow storm on Saturday! During the week, I ran well but skipped Wednesday’s interval workout and thought I was getting sick. I felt bad about it but knew it
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Preface Over the years, people have asked me if I’d ever run an ultra-marathon. I always answered with some variation of, “Absolutely not!” My thinking began to change last fall when I watched a documentary on the Barkley Marathons. Even
Continue readingTechnically, it was a cut-back week because my mileage was lower. But, there were still five workouts in the schedule. I had a good interval workout – the first of this training cycle – on Tuesday but felt terrible after
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Listened to lots of podcasts these past few weeks. One got me thinking about multi-stage ultramarathon events. Am I too old to try something that grueling? Excited to see a new water fountain on the Mount Vernon Trail! Got my
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I started my New York City Marathon race gear preparations in earnest. I searched for a race day singlet and ordered my gels. I passed on trying the Mizuno Rave Rider 20s, though. On Columbus Day, I watched a documentary
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