Adventures of a female master runner in Metropolitan Washington, DC.
On Tuesday, I ran a Yasso 800 workout to get a sense for what marathon pace might be. I had a great medium run on Thursday – the 4th fastest of the year thanks to… Oasis? And despite COVID-19 concerns, I returned to my big, national-chain gym for weight training workouts.
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My goal for the 2020 Boston Marathon switched to re-qualifying for next year’s race with a sub-3:50 (8:47 pace). This week, I went downtown for my long run to lift my spirit and it worked – I crushed my workouts on Tuesday and Thursday!
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This week, I hit the mid-way point of the training cycle. Unfortunately, rainy weather kept me on the treadmill. I received good news about my health but it left me wondering… So, why am I still so tired?
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After racing the 2020 DCRRC JFK 20K last week, it was back to the grind with an interval run on Tuesday before a doctor’s appointment and starting a new job! I also ran a hilly marathon-pace run on Thursday. Training
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The theme for the week: hills! On Sunday, I ran a hilly 12 mile long run and then on Tuesday, I did hard 10 x 3-minute hill repeats. I finished the week by racing the 2020 DCRRC JFK 20K on Saturday.
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Training [dropshadowbox align=”center” effect=”raised” width=”875px” height=”” background_color=”#ffffff” border_width=”4″ border_color=”#d0021b” rounded_corners=”false” outside_shadow=”false” ] Mileage Total: 2,481.8 miles Days of Running: 277 days (88 days off) Time Spent Running: ~15 days, 15 hours Average Pace: 9:06 pace Longest Run (Distance): 26.2 miles
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My 2020 Boston Marathon training plan started on Monday! There was only one workout this week – a progression run on Thursday. It was nice easing my way back into running regularly again since the 2019 New York City Marathon.
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With my blood pressure under control and having passed a “stress test” last week, I increased my marathon-pace workout on Thursday to three miles. Feeling better right on time to start training for the 2020 Boston Marathon!
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Scroll all the way down to the end for the tl;dr version. Prologue This was a strange training cycle because I simultaneously prepared for the New York City Marathon (“NYCM”) using the 12 weeks, 70 miles per week plan in
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Another taper week as I got ready for the 2019 New York City Marathon! Unfortunately, I cut my last distance run short for fear of hitting a wall of exhaustion again. But, the other workouts of the week went well.
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