Adventures of a female master runner in Metropolitan Washington, DC.
In marathon training, it seems like there’s always a week when it seems like so many things are conspiring against my training plan – I’m tired, my [insert essential body part for running] hurts, work is demanding, the weather is
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I had a pretty good week. I (finally!) hit goal marathon pace in a workout. I was thrilled! I also hit goal pace during my long run today. So, there’s a rainbow and a fierce-looking dog in this week’s infographic
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What a tough week! It started with the Parks Half Marathon on Sunday. After that, I took two days easy and got back on schedule with a progression run on Wednesday followed by a long run on Saturday with 8
Continue readingI had two tough workouts this week. I did alright with the intervals on Monday even though I struggled a little in the middle. But, I couldn’t pull off the goal marathon pace (GMP) tempo workout on Wednesday. (“Again!“) After
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Things really escalated quickly this week! Overall mileage hit 70 miles a week and I had three really hard workouts – 800m intervals, 8 miles at goal marathon pace (GMP), and an 18 mile long run. How rough was it?
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While Week 4 was marked with a lot of self-doubt, Week 5 was all about confidence. I challenged myself to hit my goal paces during my “something of substance” workouts and I did. (The infographic has flames this week because
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This week, I reached that point in marathon training where I feel like I’m on auto-pilot. I woke up at 5:30am (or earlier) every day and got out of bed without too much resistance. I completed all my scheduled workouts
Continue readingThe week started rough. I couldn’t remember the last time I felt this tired during marathon training. I managed to hit goal marathon pace (7:38 for a 3:20 marathon) on Wednesday despite serious doubts before the workout. That was followed
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It was a pretty good training week. My run on Monday was a little rough, but the others weren’t so bad. Overall, I was a little tired but that’s to be expected when you’re starting marathon training. My runs this
Continue readingI completed the first week of training for the 2015 California International Marathon! I thought I would post weekly updates on how my training is going. As I was thinking about how to format them, I thought maybe it would
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