Adventures of a female master runner in Metropolitan Washington, DC.
On Tuesday, I traveled to the warmth of the Tampa area in Florida for the Christmas holiday. I ran Thursday’s marathon-pace workout in Starkey Wilderness Park. My splits were consistent but felt a little hard.
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I woke up thinking I was running the Lawyers Have Heart 10K but decided to take on a half marathon just three weeks after the 2019 Cleveland Marathon! The early miles were slow because the course was hilly. But, I finally allowed myself to run hard after about eight miles. My time was 1:45:56 (8:06 pace) – 6th woman overall and 1st in my age group!
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Lately, I’ve been crushing my workouts but this week was the complete opposite. Missed goal paces, disrupted sleep, a blister… And skipped workouts! On the bright side, I made a regional runner ranking in my age group for 2016. Training
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Scroll all the way down to the end of the post for the tl;dr version. Prologue Saturday night capped two weeks of training for the 2017 Eugene Marathon. I ran about 60 miles during the week. I did my interval
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I flew back from San Diego on Monday and got down to work – I had an interval workout on Tuesday, hills on Friday, and medium run on Saturday. I missed Thursday’s easy run due to weather, though. New York
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Scroll all the way down to the end of the post for the tl;dr version. Prologue I was planning to run the San Diego Half Marathon a few weeks ago, but a friend’s wedding led me to change plans and
Continue readingScroll all the way down to the end of the post for the tl;dr version. Prologue For years, this has been a must do summer race for me. I think this was my 13th Lawyers Have Heart 10K. But, I
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Prologue (If you’re not familiar with Ragnar, my race report from last year has a brief description of how it works.) Ragnar Cape Cod is a relay race from Hull, MA to Provincetown (aka “P-Town”). It’s a little under 200
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Scroll all the way down to the end of the post for the tl;dr version. Prologue After completing the 2015 California International Marathon (CIM) in December, I started training for the 2016 Boston Marathon only a month later. This would
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This week, I started the sharpening phase of my marathon training. Sunday’s long run went well but took a lot out of me. By Tuesday’s workout, I was still too tired to hit my goal paces no matter how hard
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