2018 Fairfax Four Miler
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).
Continue readingAdventures of a female master runner in Metropolitan Washington, DC.
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).
Continue readingTraining [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
Continue readingOn Christmas Eve, I struggled through an interval workout in Atlanta. But, I ran a decent marathon pace marathon an hour after returning home on Wednesday. For my long run, I ran 14 miles easy instead of the 10 scheduled.
Continue readingThis week, there were two “something of substance” workouts in my training schedule. On Monday, I ran a tiring but gratifying interval workout. Yesterday, I completed a long run that was speedier than usual and but felt comfortable!
Continue readingFollowing a month of running very sporadically after the 2018 New York City Marathon, I completed my first week of training for the 2019 Boston Marathon! I’m following the Advanced Plan in Hansons Marathon Method this training cycle. I only had one “something of substance” workout.
Continue readingThe 2019 Boston Marathon is on Monday, April 15th. For this training cycle, I chose the “Advanced” plan from Hansons Marathon Method by Luke Humphrey as my foundation. The schedule is 18 weeks, which made my start date December 10th.
Continue readingI haven’t posted since the 2018 New York City Marathon because I’ve been recovering and not running regularly. But, I have been working on the blog! I changed the navigation on the top of the page so that my posts
Continue readingIt’s been a while since I compiled one of these “training supplements” – the last one was back in October before I started tapering for the 2018 New York City Marathon. I enjoyed some spectacular views of Washington, D.C. landmarks
Continue readingScroll all the way down to the end for the tl;dr version. Prologue I started training for the New York City Marathon in July using an 18-week training plan from Advanced Marathoning, Second Edition by Pete Pfitzinger. At the time,
Continue readingIt was the last week of my 2018 New York City Marathon taper! Usually, I run these last workouts too hard but my hips were so sore that I surrendered to easy paces. It may be a stretch, but my
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