Adventures of a female master runner in Metropolitan Washington, DC.
This was a cut-back week, with only 50 miles scheduled in the Hanson Marathon Method. Two stressful life events preoccupied my thoughts during my runs and led to an extra rest day. But overall, my workouts felt much easier! Training
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I have never been the type of runner who simply slides on her shoes and heads out the door. No, I plot the direction and terrain of almost all of my runs. This post is probably more relevant for urban
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After an easy start to the week, the workouts turned challenging with more miles at goal marathon pace on Wednesday. But, the training intensity and schedule finally seemed to click. Saturday’s long run was bitterly cold and windy but
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I fell short of 5K-10K pace during my interval workout on Monday. A “polar vortex” moved across the region mid-week and I moved workouts around to accommodate the snow and frigid temperatures. On Saturday, I decided not to be a
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Wednesday’s 7 miles @ goal marathon pace surprised me – I didn’t expect much but I nailed it! Saturday’s long run went well, too. The weather was crazy this week – freezing temperatures one day and shorts weather a few
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Due to snow and ice on the ground from the “snurlough“, I ran my interval and marathon-pace workouts on the treadmill. On Saturday, my motivation for running in the cold was low but I ran 14 miles outside. Training Schedule
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The week started rocky after I stayed out late on Saturday night. I also had a humbling marathon-pace run on Wednesday due to sore quads. I did my long run on Friday in order to attend a get-away with my Ragnar teammates and it went very well.
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In what’s become an annual tradition, I ran the Fairfax Four Miler on New Year’s Eve. Two days later, I was back on my Hansons Marathon Method schedule. Physically, I felt great but I’m still struggling with goal race pace.
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Going into the race, I felt great! I got side-stitches early in the race but ran through them. It was a little congested in the middle miles but I navigated it. I finished in 29:29 (7:23 pace).
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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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