Adventures of a female master runner in Metropolitan Washington, DC.
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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I completed all of my workouts despite going through the first week of a stressful bathroom remodeling project. I ran well but struggled towards the end of my long run on Saturday. I also had some worrisome pain in my
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I took a week off after the San Diego 50 Miler and am now training for the 2018 Boston Marathon! After weeks of mostly slow running with frequent breaks, picking up the pace and going non-stop was exhausting! Training Schedule
Continue readingPrologue I finished the San Diego 50 Miler two weeks ago and I’m already training for the Boston Marathon! If everything goes as planned, the 2018 race on Monday, April 16th will be my sixth running of the event. My
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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
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It was the second week of my taper for the San Diego 50 Miler. I felt a bit under-trained from so many easy and rest days, but told myself it was a sign that my body was recovering. Training Schedule
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It was record-breaking cold this week. But, for the most part, I missed running in it because I was sick! I ran the Fairfax Four Miler on Sunday, skipped my next three workouts due to illness, and did a 10
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Scroll all the way down to the end of the post for the tl;dr version. Prologue After last Saturday’s long run to close out a 50 mile week, I started tapering for the 2018 San Diego 50 Miler! My schedule
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Training Mileage Total: 3,222 miles Days of Running: 323 (42 days off) Time Spent Running: ~19 days, 23 hours Average Pace: 8:57 pace Longest Run (Distance): 30 miles on December 9, 2017. Longest Run (Time): 5:20:02 on December 9, 2017.
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With Sunday’s medium run, I surpassed 3,168 miles for the year and set a new personal record! Running conditions were miserable due to cold temperatures and strong winds. I ran my last long run on the treadmill. Now, I’m tapering
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