2019 New York City Marathon – Week 1
Week 1 of my New York City Marathon training cycle featured a nice mix of long intervals and steady endurance running before a weekend trip to the Shenandoah Valley.
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2019 Boston Marathon – Week 4
In what’s become an annual tradition, I ran the Fairfax Four Miler on New Year’s Eve. Two days later, I was back on my Hansons Marathon Method schedule. Physically, I felt great but I’m still struggling with goal race pace.
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2019 Boston Marathon – Week 1
Following a month of running very sporadically after the 2018 New York City Marathon, I completed my first week of training for the 2019 Boston Marathon! I’m following the Advanced Plan in Hansons Marathon Method this training cycle. I only had one “something of substance” workout.
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Training Supplement – June 1, 2018
With summer heat looming, I bought some light-weight running clothes. I ran speed workouts on the Four Mile Run Trail and proclaimed it “my track”. After most of my hard days, I refueled with recovery drinks. And, I finally watched
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Training Supplement – June 30, 2017
Not sure if I’m mentally ready to start training for the New York City Marathon in two days. While I figure that out, I went back to the Mizuno Wave Rider as my distance shoe and focused on my running
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Training Supplement – June 16, 2017
Listened to lots of podcasts these past few weeks. One got me thinking about multi-stage ultramarathon events. Am I too old to try something that grueling? Excited to see a new water fountain on the Mount Vernon Trail! Got my
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Training Supplement – December 7, 2016
I haven’t been too focused on running lately, so I skipped two weeks of running-related gear, music, podcasts, etc. Going forward, I’m going to cut down the frequency of this type of post. Weekly might be too much. I’m thinking
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Training Supplement – August 18, 2016
I was inspired by the U.S. Olympic Track and Field athletes this week. But, I found it hard to stay motivated during this recent heat wave. I used my new foot pod to measure pace and distance on the treadmill
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May 2016 Running – Week 4
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
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2016 Boston Marathon Training – Week 10
Confident in my endurance when Sunday’s long run wasn’t completely miserable, I started layering faster miles into my workouts this week. I’ve been trying to go to bed earlier to get more sleep and that seemed to help my training.
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