Adventures of a female master runner in Metropolitan Washington, DC.
This was the hottest week of the summer! Gauging how far or fast I ran was hard because I ran most workouts on the treadmill. Worry set in after I realized that I didn’t have a qualifying time for next
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After five weeks of building mileage, this was a cut-back week. I was tempted to add on miles because I missed a medium run last week but I suppressed that urge. Then, Saturday’s 15 miler was the fastest long run
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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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Feeling more confident about my training paces, I left my heart rate monitor at home for most of my workouts. A difficult career decision impacted my runs, sleep, and eating habits. Training Schedule July 22nd – July 28th Sunday: Recovery
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Fully recovered from jet-lag and a cold, this felt like the first week of marathon training. Like a good runner, I pushed myself during workouts but eased off on recovery days. On Saturday, I completed my first marathon-pace workout of
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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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Tuesday’s interval run didn’t go very well but I crushed Friday’s. I ran today’s long run harder than usual because… I’m on vacation next week! Training Schedule June 17th – June 23rd Sunday: Easy Run. 60 min E pace (1
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Lost in thought, I messed up Tuesday’s 400m and 200m interval workout… again! And, I couldn’t will myself out of bed on Thursday morning for that speed session, so I moved it to Friday. My long run on Saturday was
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On Thursday morning, I ran my long run faster than usual. That night, I lost sleep watching the Washington Capitals win the Stanley Cup! I missed the start for the Lawyers Have Heart 10K but jumped into the Crofton 10K
Continue readingThe word of the week: intervals! I ran sets of 400m and 200m on Monday and 1,000m on Thursday. Watching the Stanley Cup finals kept me up late twice this week but overall, I ran well. Training Schedule May 27th
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