Adventures of a female master runner in Metropolitan Washington, DC.
Prologue My last race was the 2022 Alexandria Turkey Trot 5 Miler, where I ran 42:58 (8:53 pace) after nursing a broken toe for almost two months. My boyfriend and I spent the holiday in upstate New York where I split
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Training Schedule August 28th – September 3rd Sunday: 2022 South Lakes 10K Monday: Long Run. 16 milesTuesday: RestWednesday: General aerobic + speed. 7 mi w/8 x 100m stridesThursday: Recovery Run. 5 milesFriday: VO2maxRun. 8 mi w/ 3 x 1,600 m @ 5K race pace; jog
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Prologue A few days after finishing last year’s race, I tested positive for COVID-19. The illness led me to drop out of the 2021 London Marathon due to travel restrictions to the U.K.. It meant I lost my chance to participate in
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A very late year-end review for 2021! It was another year of injury and illness. Last February, I fell, breaking two fingers and skinning my knee! In May, I started training for the 2021 London Marathon (as part of the inaugural Wanda Age Group Championship). But in September, I tested positive for COVID-19! A month after recovering, I ran the 2021 Boston Marathon! Unfortunately, I did not re-qualify for next year’s race. For the rest of the year, I ran relatively low mileage but focused on interval training in an attempt to get my speed back in 2022.
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Prologue My last in-person race was the 2020 Reston 10 Miler. Shortly thereafter, the COVID-19 pandemic struck, and the 2020 Boston Marathon., the race that I was training for, was canceled. I held out hope that the 2020 London Marathon and inaugural Wanda
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I returned from Tampa, Florida very early on Sunday morning, slept for a few hours, and then completed a 12 miler in the rain. Two days later, I ushered in the new year by running the 2020 New Day New Year’s 10K.
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New Scroll down to the end of the post for the tl;dr version. Prologue After running my slowest marathon ever at the 2019 New York City Marathon, I visited doctors and was treated for high blood pressure and a Vitamin
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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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On Thursday morning, I ran my long run faster than usual. That night, I lost sleep watching the Washington Capitals win the Stanley Cup! I missed the start for the Lawyers Have Heart 10K but jumped into the Crofton 10K
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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 2017 New York City Marathon back in July using one of the plans in Advanced Marathoning by Pete Pfitzinger.
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