Adventures of a female master runner in Metropolitan Washington, DC.
My training had a little more variety this week. I ran two tempo runs as workouts – one on the treadmill and the other on the trails. But, the heat and suspicious treadmill data continued to confound any of my
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An exhausting long progression run on Sunday and then a lot of easy running. I had a fartlek run on Wednesday, but I didn’t understand my coach’s notes so it was more like an easy run with some pick-ups. Then,
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How committed am I to my training? I did a long run before work on Monday. It was my slowest long run in two years because I focused on effort over pace due to the heat and humidity. But, I
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Between the heat and humidity, I hit a wall this week physically and mentally. Tuesday’s interval workout left me completely wrecked. Wednesday’s moderate run wasn’t much better. So, I ran today’s tempo run inside on a treadmill. That was better.
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After last Saturday’s long run, I was happy for some easy running on Sunday and Monday. I nailed Tuesday’s interval workout on Chicago’s busy but flat Lakefront Trail in low 70 degree temperatures. Then, I had a few recovery run
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Only two workouts this week as my coach transitions me to a 10-day training schedule. I managed half marathon pace pretty well during Wednesday’s tempo run but was no where close to hitting marathon pace for four miles on Saturday’s
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This wasn’t one of my strongest training weeks. It started out alright with a 5K where the weather was cool and I ran better than expected. But, it ended with a missed morning workout which led to an evening tempo
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Start spreading the news – I officially started training for the New York City Marathon this week! The first workout was a little rough with 75+ degree temperatures and 90% humidity. But, the week ended well with a fun tempo
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I flew back from San Diego on Monday and got down to work – I had an interval workout on Tuesday, hills on Friday, and medium run on Saturday. I missed Thursday’s easy run due to weather, though. New York
Continue readingIt was a good training week even though I didn’t get much sleep. I flew to San Diego for a friend’s wedding on Friday. I only had two workouts – a tempo run on Wednesday and a half marathon/long run
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