Adventures of a female master runner in Metropolitan Washington, DC.
Most Memorable Races Ragnar Cape Cod. The camaraderie I have with this group of women is so special to me. And, we’re still asking one another, “Do you want a salt pill?” The Boston Marathon. The hills did not defeat
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I’m baaaack! I started training for the 2016 Boston Marathon this week. I took 5 days completely off after the California International Marathon (CIM). My rule is to take as many days off from running as I want. I like
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After years of following the Pfitzinger Advanced Marathoning (Pfitz) plans, I tried a Hansons marathon training plan for the California International Marathon (CIM). I wrote about that decision in early July and about how I was adjusting to the training
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Scroll all the way down to the end of the post for the tl;dr version. Prologue I’d been chasing sub-3:20 in the marathon since training for the 2012 New York City Marathon. The race was cancelled that year, but I’ve
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The race is less than 24 hours away! My final taper week went well. As usual, I felt slow and sluggish; existing pains seemed worse and new pains came and went out of no where. I arrived in Sacramento yesterday
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I’m tapering! After completing a 20 miler on Sunday, I started decreasing mileage in the final weeks of training for the California International Marathon. But, the Hansons plan is no joke and the first week of the taper still had
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Scroll all the way down to the end of the post for the tl;dr version. Training I’m in the final weeks of my Hansons marathon training plan. My goal race is the California International Marathon (CIM) on December 6th. I’ve
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Am I tapering, yet? With most plans, I can figure out when the taper starts pretty clearly. But with this one, I’m not so sure. I had a day off on Wednesday, ending an 84 day running steak, and the
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Three weeks to go! It feels great to be on the last page of my training plan. The biggest development this week is that I decided to stop beating myself up during my training runs and tried to get a
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The week started with the New York City Marathon and I picked up my training the next day with an easy run through Central Park. I had two workouts this week but instead of training by pace, I just tried
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