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2018 New York City Marathon

Posted on November 11, 2018May 9, 2019 by JT Running DC

Scroll all the way down to the end for the tl;dr version. Prologue I started training for the New York City Marathon in July using an 18-week training plan from Advanced Marathoning, Second Edition by Pete Pfitzinger. At the time,

2018 New York City Marathon – Week 18

Posted on November 3, 2018November 6, 2018 by JT Running DC

It was the last week of my 2018 New York City Marathon taper! Usually, I run these last workouts too hard but my hips were so sore that I surrendered to easy paces. It may be a stretch, but my

2018 New York City Marathon – Week 17

Posted on October 28, 2018 by JT Running DC

Only two workouts this week as my marathon taper started in earnest – a 17 mile long run on Sunday and 3×1 mile intervals on Thursday. As the temperature continued to drop, my training paces followed suit. I also took

2018 New York City Marathon – Week 16

Posted on October 24, 2018 by JT Running DC

According to my training plan, I started my taper for the marathon this week! Sunday’s long run was my last 20 miler of this training cycle. Thanks to the cooler weather, my training paces dropped significantly. But, I suffered some

2018 New York City Marathon – Week 15

Posted on October 14, 2018 by JT Running DC

My time at Sunday’s hot and humid Army Ten Miler was 1:18:49 (7:53 pace). Tuesday’s interval workout was already going terribly when I encountered a three-mile detour around the 14th Street Bridge. By Thursday, I gave up on 70+ degree

2018 New York City Marathon – Week 14

Posted on October 7, 2018 by JT Running DC

The week started hard – 18 miles w/14 miles @ goal marathon pace on Sunday – but then eased up before the 2018 Army Ten Miler. I ran well enough but felt run down after suffering from sore quadriceps and

2018 New York City Marathon – Week 13

Posted on October 1, 2018 by JT Running DC

This was the peak mileage week for this training cycle – 70 miles with only three more weeks of hard training to go! The weather finally dipped into a more runner-friendly range and my workout paces dropped. Training Schedule September

2018 New York City Marathon – Week 12

Posted on September 25, 2018 by JT Running DC

I ran the 2018 Navy-Air Force Half Marathon on Sunday in 1:43:16 (7:53 pace). Hurricane Florence arrived on Sunday afternoon and it rained through Tuesday but morning temperature s stayed above 70 degrees. Despite the weather, I ran hard during

2018 New York City Marathon – Week 11

Posted on September 15, 2018 by JT Running DC

My mileage was lower than usual but two of the workout were doubles. Monday’s interval session took so much out of me that by Wednesday, I needed an unscheduled rest day. My first race of this training cycle – the

2018 New York City Marathon – Week 10

Posted on September 12, 2018 by JT Running DC

This was the hottest week of the summer! Gauging how far or fast I ran was hard because I ran most workouts on the treadmill. Worry set in after I realized that I didn’t have a qualifying time for next

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