Adventures of a female master runner in Metropolitan Washington, DC.
After I trying Hansons marathon training plan for the 2015 California International Marathon (CIM) in December and being disappointed with my time, I decided to try a plan in Brad Hudson and Matt Fitzgerald’s book, Run Faster From the 5K
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After weeks of cloudy skies, the sun finally appeared on Tuesday. I ran well until Saturday when summer arrived with a vengeance and I wilted in the heat. But the big news of the week was that I’ll be working
Continue readingI ran Ragnar Cape Cod last weekend and skipped my weekly update on Saturday. This week, I took the Sunday after Ragnar off. I managed to get out of bed on Monday for a run but wasn’t so lucky on
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Well, hello there! It’s been almost 3 weeks since I ran the Boston Marathon. I’ve been a bit surprised by my recovery from the race. Normally, I allow myself to take as many days off from running as I want
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Scroll all the way down to the end of the post for the tl;dr version. Prologue After completing the 2015 California International Marathon (CIM) in December, I started training for the 2016 Boston Marathon only a month later. This would
Continue readingI spent most of the week in a Nyquil-induced stupor. I had a slight fever and cough on Monday. The cough lingered all week but I still got most of my mileage in. By Thursday, I felt much better after
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It feels great to be tapering! I ran well at the Cherry Blossom 10 Miler on Sunday and then started my taper after Monday’s long run. Or, did I? My training load was still pretty high. At the end of
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How quickly things change! Last week, I felt invincible. Then, I tripped and injured my knee during my long run on Sunday – the first day of my peak training week. I took Monday off but ran through pain the
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This week, I started the sharpening phase of my marathon training. Sunday’s long run went well but took a lot out of me. By Tuesday’s workout, I was still too tired to hit my goal paces no matter how hard
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I had a sluggish start to the week as muscle soreness from Saturday’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Half Marathon hit me hard on Monday and Tuesday. Adjusting to Daylight Savings Time was no picnic either. I did the rare run commute
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