Adventures of a female master runner in Metropolitan Washington, DC.
The 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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With summer heat looming, I bought some light-weight running clothes. I ran speed workouts on the Four Mile Run Trail and proclaimed it “my track”. After most of my hard days, I refueled with recovery drinks. And, I finally watched
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This week, I wanted to crush my speed workouts and I did. Heat and gastrointestinal issues got the best of me during my long run, but overall I felt fit and ready to start training again. Looking forward to July! Training
Continue readingHello Subscribers, Somehow, I accidentally published a draft post this morning! I changed it back to draft on my end but I think subscribers to this blog still got the email. You can delete it and look forward to the
Continue readingThe speed workouts changed this week and they had me running some uncomfortable paces. But, I met my goal of just completing them. It rained almost continuously for the entire week but I only got drenched during my long run
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I ran 400m repetitions on Monday and 1,200m intervals on Thursday. My “long” run today was only 9 miles. For cross training, I lifted weights three days this week. And, I had my first “normal” blood pressure reading in a
Continue readingA long delayed recap of the 2018 Boston Marathon – including my clothing, gear, and fueling. For the second time in recent years, a San Diegan – Desiree Linden – won the (women’s) race! Trying to post this “supplement” every
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This week was all about adjusting. I started running regularly again and followed a schedule from Daniels’ Running Formula, which included two speed workouts. I also lifted weights for the first time in years. But, the biggest change was starting
Continue readingTwo and a half weeks ago, I finished the cold, rainy, and windy 2018 Boston Marathon! Thoroughly warm and dry, it’s time to look back at my last training cycle and ahead to the summer. I’ll start training for the
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Scroll all the way down to the end of the post for the tl;dr version. Prologue The 2018 Boston Marathon was going to cap a very long, and stressful training year! Last May, I started building mileage for the
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