Adventures of a female master runner in Metropolitan Washington, DC.
This week, I hit the mid-way point of the training cycle. Unfortunately, rainy weather kept me on the treadmill. I received good news about my health but it left me wondering… So, why am I still so tired?
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It was a bit of a cut-back week distance-wise but my workouts were hard! By the end of the week, I adjusted my goal time for the 2020 Boston Marathon to a sub-3:42, which is around sub-8:31 pace. Training Schedule
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At this stage in my training cycle, my routine felt locked in. On Sunday, I did a long run followed by a hill workout on Tuesday. A short marathon-pace workout filled out the week but I missed my goal.
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After racing the 2020 DCRRC JFK 20K last week, it was back to the grind with an interval run on Tuesday before a doctor’s appointment and starting a new job! I also ran a hilly marathon-pace run on Thursday. Training
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In mid-December, I started training for the 2020 Boston Marathon. I scheduled several races because I didn’t do much speed-work this summer and missed running fast.
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The theme for the week: hills! On Sunday, I ran a hilly 12 mile long run and then on Tuesday, I did hard 10 x 3-minute hill repeats. I finished the week by racing the 2020 DCRRC JFK 20K on Saturday.
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Now that the Christmas and New Year’s Day holidays were over, I could focus on marathon training! This week was the last relatively easy one of the training cycle. Going forward, the schedule will have three legitimate workouts a week.
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I returned from Tampa, Florida very early on Sunday morning, slept for a few hours, and then completed a 12 miler in the rain. Two days later, I ushered in the new year by running the 2020 New Day New Year’s 10K.
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New Scroll down to the end of the post for the tl;dr version. Prologue After running my slowest marathon ever at the 2019 New York City Marathon, I visited doctors and was treated for high blood pressure and a Vitamin
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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: 2,481.8 miles Days of Running: 277 days (88 days off) Time Spent Running: ~15 days, 15 hours Average Pace: 9:06 pace Longest Run (Distance): 26.2 miles
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