Adventures of a female master runner in Metropolitan Washington, DC.
I didn’t miss running after the Eugene Marathon. I think I was feeling a little burned out. I forced myself to run a few miles on Tuesday and Friday. Today, I actually wanted to run and completed 10 miles. Training
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Greetings from Eugene, Oregon! I think this was my most restful taper ever – I “only” ran 32 miles this week. My workouts went well but I felt sluggish during some of them, which isn’t unusual for a taper. My
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Since I’m tapering, I only ran two workouts this week – a long on Sunday and a tempo on Thursday. The countdown to Eugene has officially started – 8 days to go! Training Schedule Week 19: April 23rd – April
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I couldn’t train how I wanted this week. Between post-RnR DC Half Marathon recovery and snow, I didn’t run a lot of quality miles until later in the week. It’s 50 days until Eugene! Oh, and one month until Boston!!!
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Lately, I’ve been crushing my workouts but this week was the complete opposite. Missed goal paces, disrupted sleep, a blister… And skipped workouts! On the bright side, I made a regional runner ranking in my age group for 2016. Training
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I was pretty exhausted after the New York City Marathon on November 6th and took the next 6 days off from running. I eased back into it this week but only ran 3 days. I started chiropractic treatments to treat
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How quickly things change! Last week, I felt invincible. Then, I tripped and injured my knee during my long run on Sunday – the first day of my peak training week. I took Monday off but ran through pain the
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Am I tapering, yet? With most plans, I can figure out when the taper starts pretty clearly. But with this one, I’m not so sure. I had a day off on Wednesday, ending an 84 day running steak, and the
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The desire to run is slowly returning. I decided to run “long” today. I went back and forth on how far that would mean. An hour and a half seemed reasonable. I settled on an 11 mile loop that didn’t
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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