Adventures of a female master runner in Metropolitan Washington, DC.
This week was supposed to start the race preparation cycle of my training, but I was down and out with a cold for three days! Fall officially arrived on Sunday but the temperatures in the Washington, DC region were still breaking records.
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The thrill of starting my training cycle for the 2018 New York City Marathon was snuffed out quickly. Due to jet-lag and a cold, Saturday’s long run was my only workout of the week! Next week should be much better.
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It was record-breaking cold this week. But, for the most part, I missed running in it because I was sick! I ran the Fairfax Four Miler on Sunday, skipped my next three workouts due to illness, and did a 10
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Scroll all the way down to the end of the post for the tl;dr version. Prologue After last Saturday’s long run to close out a 50 mile week, I started tapering for the 2018 San Diego 50 Miler! My schedule
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Start spreading the news – I officially started training for the New York City Marathon this week! The first workout was a little rough with 75+ degree temperatures and 90% humidity. But, the week ended well with a fun tempo
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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
Continue readingI spent most of the week in a Nyquil-induced stupor. I had a slight fever and cough on Monday. The cough lingered all week but I still got most of my mileage in. By Thursday, I felt much better after
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