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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With only a month since the 2019 Boston Marathon, I wondered if my body was rested enough to run well in another. But, would it matter? The weather forecast for the Cleveland Marathon was predicting a scorcher… Training Schedule May
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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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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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It was my last week of workouts and it showed. At the end of Thursday’s workout, I wanted to curl up on the sidewalk and take a nap! But, I enjoyed viewing the cherry blossoms during my runs downtown. Training
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Only two workouts this week as my marathon taper started in earnest – a 17 mile long run on Sunday and 3×1 mile intervals on Thursday. As the temperature continued to drop, my training paces followed suit. I also took
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According to my training plan, I started my taper for the marathon this week! Sunday’s long run was my last 20 miler of this training cycle. Thanks to the cooler weather, my training paces dropped significantly. But, I suffered some
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It was the last week of my taper before the 2018 Boston Marathon! I thought my mileage was a little high so I cut some miles off my recovery runs at the end of the week. The race is tomorrow
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The first week of my taper! I ran the final hard workouts of the training cycle this week – a long run on Sunday and an interval workout on Friday. I focused on running my recovery days legitimately easy. Training
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It was record-breaking cold this week. But, for the most part, I missed running in it because I was sick! I ran the Fairfax Four Miler on Sunday, skipped my next three workouts due to illness, and did a 10
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