Adventures of a female master runner in Metropolitan Washington, DC.
I ran in all three local jurisdictions – Maryland for a race, the District of Columbia during a few run commutes, and Virginia for my usual runs. I focused on endurance runs with a little faster stuff mixed in. By
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I changed my training plan a lot this week. I did a tempo run on Tuesday. It left me tired and sore by mid-week. But, that run coupled with a medium run at the end of the week helped me
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After the Parks Half Marathon on Sunday, I switched directions with my training this week and left my coach! For the rest of the week, I eased into doing more endurance runs with some strides. Training Schedule September 11th –
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This wasn’t one of my strongest training weeks. It started out alright with a 5K where the weather was cool and I ran better than expected. But, it ended with a missed morning workout which led to an evening 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
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The week started with a lot of easy running. I’ve been trying to keep the pace truly comfortable. On Wednesday, I ran a workout with mixed success. I finished the week with a surprising time at Lawyers Have Heart considering
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After weeks of cloudy skies, the sun finally appeared on Tuesday. I ran well until Saturday when summer arrived with a vengeance and I wilted in the heat. But the big news of the week was that I’ll be working
Continue readingI ran Ragnar Cape Cod last weekend and skipped my weekly update on Saturday. This week, I took the Sunday after Ragnar off. I managed to get out of bed on Monday for a run but wasn’t so lucky on
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Here’s a marathon training tip for you: don’t do a hard 15 miler the day before a tempo run. This week, I learned that lesson the hard way and went to a very painful place. Somehow, I came out of
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A recovery week! It was fantastic having a week of relative low mileage. I actually took today off. I didn’t sleep well a few nights, though, so it wasn’t as restful as it could have been. Still, by mid-week, I
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