Adventures of a female master runner in Metropolitan Washington, DC.
Scroll all the way down to the end of the post for the tl;dr version. Prologue It took me a while to feel like running again after the Eugene Marathon. I took a week and a half off and then
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Scroll all the way down to the end of the post for the tl;dr version. Prologue I ran the 2017 Eugene Marathon two weeks ago. This would be my first hard effort since then. After the race, I employed my
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Scroll all the way down to the end of the post for the tl;dr version. Prologue I started training for the Eugene Marathon back in December and created my own training plan each week. Overall, it was a great training
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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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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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Scroll all the way down to the end of the post for the tl;dr version. Prologue Rock ‘n’ Roll DC has a special place in my heart because it’s the largest marathon entirely within the District of Columbia and, in
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Scroll all the way down to the end of the post for the tl;dr version. Prologue Saturday night capped two weeks of training for the 2017 Eugene Marathon. I ran about 60 miles during the week. I did my interval
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Scroll all the way down to the end of the post for the tl;dr version. Prologue I ran the 2016 New York City Marathon two weeks ago. I took the next 6 days off and then eased back into running.
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Scroll all the way down to the end of the post for an abridged version. Prologue The New York City Marathon is my favorite marathon! This would be my fourth consecutive running. I started training for the race back in
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Scroll all the way down to the end of the post for the tl;dr version. Prologue The Army Ten Miler is the second largest 10 miler in the United States. This was my 8th time running the race (including 2005).
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