Adventures of a female master runner in Metropolitan Washington, DC.
The week started rocky after I stayed out late on Saturday night. I also had a humbling marathon-pace run on Wednesday due to sore quads. I did my long run on Friday in order to attend a get-away with my Ragnar teammates and it went very well.
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On Christmas Eve, I struggled through an interval workout in Atlanta. But, I ran a decent marathon pace marathon an hour after returning home on Wednesday. For my long run, I ran 14 miles easy instead of the 10 scheduled.
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Despite getting plenty of sleep Sunday night, I felt terrible before Monday morning‘s workout. Doubles showed up in my training schedule and remarkably, I completed a run after work on Wednesday! The summer temperature and humidity relented on Thursday but
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During this post-recovery week, my mileage increased noticeably. Monday’s lactate threshold workout and Saturday’s 22 miler were more about finishing than pace. Also, my sleep and nutrition were disrupted as I transitioned from my current job to a temporary assignment.
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I ran successfully early in the week but my lactate threshold run on Wednesday was a failure. Depleted, I skipped my medium run on Thursday, which hurt my weekly mileage. With a few stops, I doggedly completed 10 miles at
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I attended a work conference in Baltimore to start what was a hectic work week. I struggled to find running routes and my workouts weren’t as prepared as I wanted. By Wednesday, I started to see my running paces drop
Continue readingThe speed workouts changed this week and they had me running some uncomfortable paces. But, I met my goal of just completing them. It rained almost continuously for the entire week but I only got drenched during my long run
Continue readingI made it through the peak mileage week for this training cycle – over 85 miles total! It kicked off with the 2018 Reston 10 Miler where I ran 1:19:19 (7:56 pace) and finished with a 22 miler in 3:17:58
Continue readingI moved out of my hotel room and back home on Monday after completing a lactate threshold run. With the exception of the medium run I did the next day, I ran each workout a little faster than I expected.
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I completed all of my workouts despite going through the first week of a stressful bathroom remodeling project. I ran well but struggled towards the end of my long run on Saturday. I also had some worrisome pain in my
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