Adventures of a female master runner in Metropolitan Washington, DC.
Training Schedule September 4th – September 10th Sunday: Medium-long Run. 13 milesMonday: RestTuesday: Recovery Run. 7 milesWednesday: Dress rehearsal. 7 mi w/ 2 mi @ marathon race paceThursday: RestFriday: Recovery Run + speed. 5 mi w/ 6 x 100 m stridesSaturday: Recovery Run. 4 miles
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This would have been race week for the 2019 Brazos Bend 50 Miler but I was still recovering from the 2019 New York City Marathon. On Monday, my cardiologist informed me that my “stress test” was normal so I was officially cleared to resume running!
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A planned recovery week turned into a complete taper after I felt light-headed during Sunday’s back-to-back long run. I took the next three days easy – eating, hydrating, and sleeping well – because my body needed rest more than workouts.
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Recovery from the 2019 Boston Marathon was short. I took two days off, “reverse tapered”, and by the following week, was already training for the for the 2019 Cleveland Marathon! But, sickness knocked me down for a few days. Training
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After powering through last week’s peak mileage week, I only ran one hard workout during this cut-back week – a general aerobic run on Thursday. Monday’s interval workout was a bust. I took Tuesday off and ran easy for the
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The 2017 New York City Marathon is tomorrow! I ran three short but somewhat speedy workouts early in the week and then switched to easy paces starting on Thursday. I didn’t sleep well and had some weird muscle aches all week
Continue reading“Why on earth would I want to run twice a day when I can just run once a day?” This must have been what I thought when I first read about running twice-a-day (also known as running a “double” or
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I haven’t officially started training for the 2015 California International Marathon training (that will start July 26th) but once I decided to use the Hansons Marathon Method, I thought it might be a good idea to read the plan more
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