Adventures of a female master runner in Metropolitan Washington, DC.
The Army Ten Miler is the second-largest 10-miler in the United States. This would be my 11th time running the race, not including 2005, when the course was re-rerouted due to a suspicious package. Typically, I clear a path personally
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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
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Scroll all the way down to the end of the post for the tl;dr version. Prologue With 35,000 registered runners, the Army Ten Miler is one of the most popular races in Washington, D.C. This would be my 10th time
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I purchased the newest Mizuno Wave Rider. Having tried several brands, I finally found a comfortable and reliable pair of wireless headphones! A flooded out trail interrupted my interval workout. And, I listened to a great podcast about the
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It was my final hard training week before tapering for the 2017 New York City Marathon. The Army Ten Miler was disappointing due to the heat. I didn’t plan for the 2017 Bourbon Chase very well and accidentally ran 93
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Scroll all the way down to the end of the post for the tl;dr version. Prologue The Army Ten Miler is one of the largest 10 milers in the world. It’s also one of my favorite local races. Running with
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I had a good result at the Army Ten Miler. It helped me set expectations for the New York City Marathon next month. This was the peak week in my training schedule and it featured three pretty hard workouts one
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Scroll all the way down to the end of the post for the tl;dr version. Prologue The Army Ten Miler is the second largest 10 miler in the United States. This was my 8th time running the race (including 2005).
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This week, I reached that point in marathon training where I feel like I’m on auto-pilot. I woke up at 5:30am (or earlier) every day and got out of bed without too much resistance. I completed all my scheduled workouts
Continue readingThe week started rough. I couldn’t remember the last time I felt this tired during marathon training. I managed to hit goal marathon pace (7:38 for a 3:20 marathon) on Wednesday despite serious doubts before the workout. That was followed
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