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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Training [dropshadowbox align=”center” effect=”raised” width=”875px” height=”” background_color=”#ffffff” border_width=”4″ border_color=”#d0021b” rounded_corners=”false” outside_shadow=”false” ]Mileage Total: 2,634.5 miles Days of Running: 281 days (84 days off) Time Spent Running: ~16 days, 19 hours Average Pace: 9:11 pace Longest Run (Distance): 46 miles on
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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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Scroll all the way down to the end for the tl;dr version. Prologue I started training for the New York City Marathon in July using an 18-week training plan from Advanced Marathoning, Second Edition by Pete Pfitzinger. At the time,
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It was the last week of my 2018 New York City Marathon taper! Usually, I run these last workouts too hard but my hips were so sore that I surrendered to easy paces. It may be a stretch, but my
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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
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This post is more travel heavy than most because I took a cruise through Scandinavia and Russia last week. But, I also tried a few more clothing and gear options before I start training for the 2018 New York City
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I took a vacation through Scandinavia and Russia this week! The “track” on the ship was about 0.13 miles long so I ran all three of this week’s workouts on the treadmill. When I return home, I’ll start training for
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With summer heat looming, I bought some light-weight running clothes. I ran speed workouts on the Four Mile Run Trail and proclaimed it “my track”. After most of my hard days, I refueled with recovery drinks. And, I finally watched
Continue readingA long delayed recap of the 2018 Boston Marathon – including my clothing, gear, and fueling. For the second time in recent years, a San Diegan – Desiree Linden – won the (women’s) race! Trying to post this “supplement” every
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