Adventures of a female master runner in Metropolitan Washington, DC.
Scroll all the way down to the end of the post for the tl;dr version. Prologue I started training for the Eugene Marathon back in December and created my own training plan each week. Overall, it was a great training
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Scroll all the way down to the end of the post for an abridged version. Prologue The New York City Marathon is my favorite marathon! This would be my fourth consecutive running. I started training for the race back in
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After last Saturday’s long run, I was happy for some easy running on Sunday and Monday. I nailed Tuesday’s interval workout on Chicago’s busy but flat Lakefront Trail in low 70 degree temperatures. Then, I had a few recovery run
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I traveled to Chicago this weekend. I ran on the Lakefront Trail and enjoyed the views. I tested my new Brooks Ghosts on the trip and bought a heart rate monitor. Along the way, I listened to some good podcasts
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Only two workouts this week as my coach transitions me to a 10-day training schedule. I managed half marathon pace pretty well during Wednesday’s tempo run but was no where close to hitting marathon pace for four miles on Saturday’s
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I flew back from San Diego on Monday and got down to work – I had an interval workout on Tuesday, hills on Friday, and medium run on Saturday. I missed Thursday’s easy run due to weather, though. New York
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Clothing & Gear As I start getting ready to train for the New York City Marathon, I’m looking at my clothing and gear carefully. For some reason, I don’t have as many items for summer running as I do for
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Scroll all the way down to the end of the post for the tl;dr version. Prologue I was planning to run the San Diego Half Marathon a few weeks ago, but a friend’s wedding led me to change plans and
Continue readingIt was a good training week even though I didn’t get much sleep. I flew to San Diego for a friend’s wedding on Friday. I only had two workouts – a tempo run on Wednesday and a half marathon/long run
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Scroll all the way down to the end of the post for the tl;dr version. Prologue I’d been chasing sub-3:20 in the marathon since training for the 2012 New York City Marathon. The race was cancelled that year, but I’ve
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