2017 Boston Marathon
Scroll all the way down to the end of the post for the tl;dr version. Prologue This would be my fifth Boston Marathon. My first was in 2012 – the most recent “hot year”. I skipped 2013 – the year
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Author: JT Running DC
Training Supplement – April 16, 2017
I brought out my compression tights this week to help with recovery. Tomorrow’s Boston Marathon will help me select a shoe for the Eugene Marathon. The water fountains the Custis and W&OD Trails are on! And, I was on the
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2017 Eugene Marathon Training – Week 17
After two tough workouts, I decided I should respect the marathon and take it easy for the rest of the week. I’m looking forward to running the Boston Marathon on Monday and then focusing on the Eugene Marathon in three
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2017 Eugene Marathon Training – Week 16
Fantastic week! I ran a great time at the Cherry Blossom 10 Miler and followed it up with some equally good training. 9 days until the Boston Marathon and 28 days until Eugene! Training Schedule Week 16: April 2nd –
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2017 Cherry Blossom 10 Miler
Scroll all the way down to the end of the post for the tl;dr version. Prologue The Cherry Blossom 10 Miler is one of the premier racing events in Washington, D.C. It features a competitive elite field and thousands of
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2017 Eugene Marathon Training – Week 15
I ran a strong 22 miler, a hard 12 miler that ended up being marathon pace, and a lot of 400m repetitions this week. I’m running the 2017 Cherry Blossom 10 Miler tomorrow! With only 35 days until the Eugene
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Training Supplement – March 31, 2017
I’m running two marathons in the next five weeks and thought it’s about time I got myself ready! I’m fairly sure which shoes I want to wear and ordered some gels. I’m working on my playlist but I’m not finding
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2017 Eugene Marathon Training – Week 14
Nailed my interval workout on Tuesday and pushed hard to salvage my marathon pace workout on Thursday. At the end of the week, I got two recovery days since I’m switching my long runs to Sundays to line up hard
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2017 Eugene Marathon Training – Week 13
I couldn’t train how I wanted this week. Between post-RnR DC Half Marathon recovery and snow, I didn’t run a lot of quality miles until later in the week. It’s 50 days until Eugene! Oh, and one month until Boston!!!
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Training Supplement – March 16, 2017
Bought some socks at the 2017 Rock ‘n’ Roll DC expo. Encountered the construction detour on the Mount Vernon Trail. Saw Runner’s World came out with a “runner box”. Listened to a few podcasts. Clothing & Gear Socks. Balega Second
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