Adventures of a female master runner in Metropolitan Washington, DC.
Training Schedule June 5th – June 11th Sunday: Long Run. 16 miles Monday: Rest or cross-train Tuesday: Lactate Threshold Run. 9 miles w/5 miles @ 15K to half marathon race pace Wednesday: Easy Run. 7 miles Thursday: Medium-long Run. 12 miles Friday: Easy Run.
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Training Schedule May 29th – June 4th Sunday: Rest or cross-train Monday: Medium-long Run. 15 miles Tuesday: Recovery Run. 4 miles Wednesday: General Aerobic Run + Speed. 9 miles w/6 x 10 sec. hill sprints + 8 x 100m strides Thursday: Recovery Run. 5 miles
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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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Training Schedule May 15th – May 21st Sunday: Long Run. 14 milesMonday: Rest or cross-trainTuesday: General Aerobic Run + Speed. 7 miles w/6 x 10 sec. hill sprints + 8 x 100m stridesWednesday: Medium-long Run. 10 milesThursday: Easy Run. 4 milesFriday: General
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Training Schedule May 8th – May 14th Sunday: Long Run. 12 miles Monday: Off Tuesday: Lactate Threshold Run. 9 miles w/4 miles @ LT pace Wednesday: Recovery Run. 6 miles Thursday: Recovery Run. 5 miles Friday: General Aerobic Run. 9 miles Saturday:
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Prologue Back in November, when I created my training plan for the 2022 Rock ‘n’ Roll Half Marathon, I wrote about how much I wanted to return to the New York City Marathon and the Boston Marathon. Unfortunately, I found out
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The Cherry Blossom 10 Miler is the premier racing event in Washington, D.C. I was excited about its post-COVID 19 return!
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In November, after a disappointing 2021 Boston Marathon, I planned to do a “speed” cycle with the 2022 Rock ‘n’ Roll DC Half Marathon as my goal event.
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During the first two miles, I ran easy out of respect for the hills. By the second mile, I adopted a strategy of taking the downhills hard and the uphills easy. By Mile 9, I passed all the women I had been going back and forth with during the earlier miles, so I felt my plan had paid off. My time was 1:24:38 (8:28 pace) – about where I thought I would be. After the race, I plugged my time into the McMillan Running Calculator and got a marathon time of 3:57:34 (9:04 pace). I’ll need to get a bit faster if I hope to re-qualify for the 2023 Boston Marathon with a sub-3:55:00 (8:59 pace) in September.
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After the 2021 Boston Marathon, my boyfriend and I spent a day at a spa in the Poconos and then returned to Washington, DC. Physically, I was fine – I hadn’t run the race all out. But mentally, I was sore from not re-qualifying for the 2022 Boston Marathon and maintaining training momentum for two mostly race-less years. But, I only took four days off from running before hitting the roads again.
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