Adventures of a female master runner in Metropolitan Washington, DC.
During my last training week before the 2019 Boston Marathon, all of my runs were easy. (I skipped the 2019 Cherry Blossom 10 Miler on Sunday.) I expected I’d feel better during the taper but I think I felt worse!
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This week, I entered the “strength” phase of the Hansons Marathon Method. With snow in the forecast for Wednesday morning, I moved my goal marathon pace workout to Thursday. On Saturday afternoon, I napped for hours after my first 20
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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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The thrill of starting my training cycle for the 2018 New York City Marathon was snuffed out quickly. Due to jet-lag and a cold, Saturday’s long run was my only workout of the week! Next week should be much better.
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Last week’s recovery continued with easy running through Tuesday of this week. My plan called it “fine tuning” but my lungs labored and legs lacked “pop” after so many days off. But, this would be my last back-to-back long run
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One week until the 2017 New York City Marathon! This week, the weather was near perfect for running. I ran a fast long run on Sunday trying to finish in time to cheer for Marine Corps Marathon runners. All of
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Rebounded from slight over-training and ran a healthy dose of intervals and marathon paced miles this week. Seventy days from the Eugene Marathon, I got three indicators that I’m in about 3:30 marathon shape. Training Schedule Week 10: February 19th
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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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It was a hot week. But, Kelly Clarkson promised that what doesn’t kill me will makes me stronger and a podcast reminded me that bad days are “the cost of doing business” if I want to get better. My new
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I started the week with an absolutely brutal long run through a lot of snow packed rail-trails and ended the week with a hill repeat workout on dead legs. Yay! During both, I reminded myself I’m a Boston Marathoner and
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