Adventures of a female master runner in Metropolitan Washington, DC.
Two weeks into my 2019 New York City Marathon training cycle and I traveled for work. I arrived in Athens, Greece on Thursday and even though I was jet-lagged, completed a treadmill run in that night. Out on the roads the next day, I was rewarded with two amazing sights!
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A six hour hike in the Shenandoah Valley on Sunday wrecked my legs but I re-bounded by mid-wee. I ran two 11 milers and finished the week with a 15 miler in 80+ degree heat.
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Week 1 of my New York City Marathon training cycle featured a nice mix of long intervals and steady endurance running before a weekend trip to the Shenandoah Valley.
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In May, I finished the 2019 Cleveland Marathon in 3:56:40 (9:02 pace). It was a brutally hot day and only a few weeks after I completed the 2019 Boston Marathon, so I decided to run easy for a few weeks. In contemplating a fall marathon plan, I wasn’t going to make the 2019 New York City Marathon my goal because I would be taking a long work trip at the end of August. But after a week of doing a lot of miles on the treadmill and realizing my last race was almost two months ago, I suddenly felt as though the break had gone long enough.
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On Sunday, I thought my legs would be tired after a hiking trip the day before but they were good for a 13 miler. I planned a cut-back week anyway but didn’t run at all from Monday through Wednesday.
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The week started with a long run on the treadmill but I got in two quality runs on the trails during the week. After six days of running on the treadmill, I reconsidered my racing goals for the fall.
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My second attempt at a 50 mile week was successful. I ran a 15 mile long run outside on Sunday. Then, as the temperature climbed close to 80 degrees on most mornings, I did the rest of my workouts on the treadmill.
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My goal was to get my training up to 50 miles a week but a disastrous long run on Sunday foiled that plan. I ran an interval ladder on Tuesday to add some variety to my speed workouts and tried to find threshold pace in 75 degree weather on Thursday.
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I arrived back in Washington, D.C. late Monday night and jumped back into running on Tuesday with a 13 miler in 78 degree heat. On the Fourth of July, I ran a 5K. I planned to do another middle distance run on Saturday to keep my mileage up but changed my mind.
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July. The one month in the year when I’m not training for anything! After finishing the 2019 Cleveland Marathon in early May, I took a few days off and then started running regularly again. I ran the 2019 Maryland Half Marathon in early June and then steadily increased my running mileage the next week and the week after. Two days before the race, I returned to Washington, D.C. after spending the weekend in California for my high school reunion. I ran close to 13 miles on Tuesday morning, followed by 6 easy miles on Wednesday.
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