Adventures of a female master runner in Metropolitan Washington, DC.
I woke up thinking I was running the Lawyers Have Heart 10K but decided to take on a half marathon just three weeks after the 2019 Cleveland Marathon! The early miles were slow because the course was hilly. But, I finally allowed myself to run hard after about eight miles. My time was 1:45:56 (8:06 pace) – 6th woman overall and 1st in my age group!
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This race was pretty high on my list of tough marathons. If the race was a week or two earlier, I think it could be a destination event. It was well organized and there’s just enough to do around downtown for a three-day weekend.
I finished the 2019 Boston Marathon in mid-April and did a “reverse taper” before training again.
Based on the warm weather forecast, I adjusted my expectations considerably and just wanted to finish. The spectators were fantastic – spraying runners with hoses and giving out water. In the final miles, the temperature was 84 degrees! My time was 3:57:09 (9:02 pace) – my second slowest marathon.
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The afternoon heat made it a tough day but the cheering crowds made the race bearable.
I went into the race with a lot of confidence after running the 2019 Rock n Roll DC Half Marathon in 1:38:36 (7:32 pace) – my fastest half marathon in three years! My goal was sub-3:28:00 (7:57 pace). But, in the days before the race, my knees were killing me.
A few miles into the race, I was already sweating. By the time I reached Newton, running 7:59 pace, the temperature was probably just under 70 degrees! I left that town down to 8:08 pace but rallied in Brookline.
My time was 3:34:40 (8:12 pace). My goal marathon for this spring was actually the 2019 Cleveland Marathon so, I plan to take a few days off and then start training again.
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Scroll all the way down to the end of the post for the tl;dr version. Prologue The Rock ‘n’ Roll DC Half Marathon starts the racing season in Washington, DC. Since 2008, I’ve run the full or half every year
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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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Scroll 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,
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Scroll all the way down to the end of the post for the tl;dr version. Prologue With 35,000 registered runners, the Army Ten Miler is one of the most popular races in Washington, D.C. This would be my 10th time
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Scroll all the way down to the end of the post for the abridged version. Prologue Going into the race, I’d been training for the 2018 New York City Marathon since July using the 18 week, 55-70 miles per week
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Scroll all the way down to the end of the post for the tl;dr version. Prologue After running my slowest marathon ever at the 2018 Boston Marathon, I wanted to run stress-free this summer and focus on speed work before
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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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