2020 Year End Review
2020 started optimistically! In December, I joined an online group to train for the 2020 Boston Marathon and was starting to feel better after a disappointing 2019 New York City Marathon.
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Winter of 2020 – Week 2
On Sunday, I had a mediocre long run. Then, on Tuesday, my boyfriend and I bought a house! After celebrating that night, I skipped my medium run on Wednesday morning. A podcast reminded me that, although 2020 was a bleak year overall due to the Covid 19 pandemic, there were bright spots.
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Fall of 2020 – Week 10
n Sunday, I completed a 16-mile run that included a stop at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial. My Yasso 800 workout was slow and my medium run was cut short but considering it was roughly a year ago that started high blood pressure medication after showing up at my doctor’s office in hypertensive crisis, it was a good week.
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Fall of 2020 – Week 7
This week, I hit all my goal paces and distances. I’ve been struggling for over a year now and it felt great thinking that I’m coming out on the other end of it. And, I got several doses of motivation this week including a 2020 Boston Marathon Virtual Experience finisher box!
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Fall of 2020 – Week 6
This week, my goal was increasing the spread between my easy run and workout paces by doing the former slower. I ran Sunday’s long run so hard that afterward, the Garmin Recovery Advisor suggested four easy days! But I ran a great speed workout and medium-long run two and four days later.
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Fall of 2020 – Week 1
The start of a new training cycle is always so exciting! I was able to stick to the schedule as planned and completed 50 miles total. By Saturday, every muscle in my body hurt! And, I despite telling myself I had closure, I felt a slight sting of missing out watching running friends complete their Boston Marathon Virtual Experience.
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