Adventures of a female master runner in Metropolitan Washington, DC.
Training Schedule May 8th – May 14th Sunday: Long Run. 12 miles Monday: Off Tuesday: Lactate Threshold Run. 9 miles w/4 miles @ LT pace Wednesday: Recovery Run. 6 miles Thursday: Recovery Run. 5 miles Friday: General Aerobic Run. 9 miles Saturday:
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My training was locked in this week. I ran a solid 18 miler on Sunday, a Yasso 800 workout on Tuesday (that suggested I might be able to my 2022 Boston Marathon qualifying time) and a medium-long run on Thursday.
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This was my first full week of training since deciding not to run the London Marathon and focusing on the Boston Marathon instead. I was fairly aggressive and ran a 16 mile long run on Sunday, 1000m repeats on Tuesday, concluding with a 14-mile medium run on Thursday.
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After staying up late on Saturday night, I pushed my first 22-mile effort of this training cycle to Monday. After my interval run on Wednesday, I skipped another workout for the week and did easy runs in preparation for the South Lakes 10K on Sunday! Finally, I’ll be racing in-person again!
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With 14 weeks of training in my legs, my motivation started to fade a bit this week but I still got my workouts in. I kept my regular schedule, running long on Sunday, intervals on Tuesday, and medium on Thursday. On Friday afternoon, I did my easy run downtown for a change.
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I had another speedy long run with my overall pace falling around 9:30. Two days later I had a fun interval session at the track. On Thursday, I fell a little short of 9 miles at marathon-pace but it was still a good workout.
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It was a busy week but I turned in a 19-mile long run, a hard Yasso 800s workout, and 9 miles at goal marathon pace. I started to get excited that the 2021 London Marathon is only two months away and enjoyed Olympic Track and Field.
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Sunday’s long run was the fastest long run of this training cycle! I followed it up with a solid 1000m repeat workout on Tuesday and 13-miler on Thursday. On Saturday, I ran the Roosevelt Island DC Parkrun instead of an easy run and enjoyed racing again!
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On Sunday, I turned in a sold long run but then had a lackluster speed workout on Tuesday. The humidity was too much for me during my marathon-pace workout on Thursday. I cut the run short and walked home but two strangers reminded me of all the support I have.
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The weather was cooler than usual for my 18-miler on Sunday. On Tuesday, the temperature rose to the mid-70s for my 600m repeats workout. Due to near 80-degree heat, 7 miles @ goal marathon pace became marathon effort. After a check-up on Wednesday, I felt confident that whatever was negatively impacting my training in the fall of 2019 resolved itself but I have a long road back to my former fitness level.
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