Adventures of a female master runner in Metropolitan Washington, DC.
Training Schedule July 30th – August 5th Sunday: Long Run. 8 milesMonday: OffTuesday: Speed Run. 5 x 1000m w/400m recoveriesWednesday: Easy Run. 6 milesThursday: Threshold Run. 6 miles @ marathon paceFriday: Easy Run. 7 milesSaturday: Easy Run. 6 miles Total: ~44 Miles Notes. The long
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My goal was to get my training up to 50 miles a week but a disastrous long run on Sunday foiled that plan. I ran an interval ladder on Tuesday to add some variety to my speed workouts and tried to find threshold pace in 75 degree weather on Thursday.
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My long run on Sunday was a little rough. It wasn’t until mid-week that my legs finally felt recovered enough to handle hard workouts. By Saturday, I felt confident about running a marathon again in a couple of weeks!
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Recovery from the 2019 Boston Marathon was short. I took two days off, “reverse tapered”, and by the following week, was already training for the for the 2019 Cleveland Marathon! But, sickness knocked me down for a few days. Training
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The week started rocky after I stayed out late on Saturday night. I also had a humbling marathon-pace run on Wednesday due to sore quads. I did my long run on Friday in order to attend a get-away with my Ragnar teammates and it went very well.
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It’s been a while since I compiled one of these “training supplements” – the last one was back in October before I started tapering for the 2018 New York City Marathon. I enjoyed some spectacular views of Washington, D.C. landmarks
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I’ve spent the past few weeks “feeling my way through the darkness” of training for my first ultra-marathon! Most notably, I got used to running with a hydration pack, experienced the restorative powers of salt pills, and learned some trails
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The summer heat had me down but this week I decided I wasn’t giving up on this training cycle just yet. Living in one of the best cities for running helped lift my mood but battled dehydration did not… How
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It’s been an Olympic Week! “One Moment in Time” came up on my playlist and inspired a couple of workouts. I tried some new products for fueling my runs and traded big spaghetti dinners for bland salmon with rice the
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Hello, August! Only a few more weeks of hot weather running. I’m retreating to the treadmill for workouts on days above 80 degrees. I was very excited to drink from the new water fountain on the Mount Vernon Trail. I
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