Adventures of a female master runner in Metropolitan Washington, DC.
For the past three years, my goal fall marathon was either the New York City Marathon (“NYCM”) or Marine Corps Marathon (“MCM”). Training for a marathon in the heat and humidity of Washington, D.C. was miserable. Runs that started comfortable
Continue readingThe question I’m getting most these days is, “What are you doing next?” I’ve been so marathon focused these past 10 months that I didn’t give much thought to what I’d be doing after the Boston Marathon. (Other than recovery.
Continue readingToday, I ran for the second time since the Boston Marathon. When I’m training, I typically run everyday. Since I’ve essentially been marathon training since last June, this break was welcomed and overdue. I like to give myself as much
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Training I did a modified Pfitzinger Advanced Marathoning, 18 week/85 miles a week plan. However, my goal race for the spring was RnR DC. After that race, I took three days off and then started training again. Unfortunately, about a
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This race report was originally published on the RunningAhead forums on November 4, 2013. Some of the content has been edited since the initial publication. Scroll all the way down to the end for the tl;dr version. Prologue The New
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