Adventures of a female master runner in Metropolitan Washington, DC.
Scroll all the way down to the end of the post for the tl;dr version. Prologue I started training for the 2017 New York City Marathon back in July using one of the plans in Advanced Marathoning by Pete Pfitzinger.
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I entered the race preparation phase of the training program this week. All the hard work came early with three workouts in a row. I had a rough medium run on Wednesday. But, I ran the 2017 Dulles Day on the
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Five workouts this week: a threshold pace run, two medium runs, a general aerobic workout, and a long run! Coupled with the weather, it was too much for me. I hate it when a good week is followed by a
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A cut-back week but I ran my workouts hard. In fact, for the mileage, I ran faster than I have in weeks! Looking ahead, I’m actually excited about doing a threshold run in two days. Training Schedule August 6th –
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I ran 78 miles that included a two-a-day, threshold run, two medium runs, and a long run with some miles at marathon race pace! And, I didn’t sleep well this week so it was rough at times. But, I did
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Unlike last week when warm temperatures drove me inside, I ran all my workouts outside. I ran a general aerobic run with strides on Monday, and medium runs on Tuesday and Thursday. Today, I ran my first 20 miler of
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I moved my schedule around so I could run long on Friday. That run was a disaster but all things considered it wasn’t a bad week. Training Schedule July 9th – July 15th Sunday: Recovery Run. 6 miles. Monday: Medium-long
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A week out from New York City Marathon training, I dialed down the intensity but kept my mileage up. On Monday, I ran a 3 mile tempo run on the treadmill. The next day, I did a 12 miler through
Continue readingScroll all the way down to the end of the post for the tl;dr version. Prologue I’ve been racing every weekend this summer. In the past month, I’ve done the Capitol Hill Classic 10K, Alexandria Running Festival Half Marathon, Belmont
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This may be one of my shortest training posts I’ve ever done because I only had one workout this week. Last Saturday’s long run took so much out of me that my coach assigned easy running for the other days.
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