Adventures of a female master runner in Metropolitan Washington, DC.
Training Schedule July 10th – July 16th Sunday: Marathon-pace run. 16 mi w/ 12 mi @ marathon race pace Monday: Rest or cross-train Tuesday: General Aerobic Run, 8 miles Wednesday: VO₂max Run. 8 mi w/ 5 x 800 m @ 5K race pace;
Continue reading
2020 started optimistically! In December, I joined an online group to train for the 2020 Boston Marathon and was starting to feel better after a disappointing 2019 New York City Marathon.
Continue reading
For the first time in 7 years, I was not running the New York City Marathon on the first Sunday in November. Instead, this was a recovery week and I dropped by mileage by 30%. With the lighter load, I did a RunWashington’s DMV Distance Derby run on Thursday only to discover I ran it the wrong direction!
Continue reading
Running was much more enjoyable this week as I paced my workouts at my current fitness rather than my past. It was the last week of Phase II of the Daniels’ Running Formula’s half marathon plan and I decided to continue working on speed rather than graduating to marathon training.
Continue reading