Adventures of a female master runner in Metropolitan Washington, DC.
Training Schedule July 30th – August 5th Sunday: Long Run. 8 milesMonday: OffTuesday: Speed Run. 5 x 1000m w/400m recoveriesWednesday: Easy Run. 6 milesThursday: Threshold Run. 6 miles @ marathon paceFriday: Easy Run. 7 milesSaturday: Easy Run. 6 miles Total: ~44 Miles Notes. The long
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The word that best describes 2022: Balance. There were ups and downs, but overall, everything evened out! The year started a bit slow. January began with a snowstorm that lasted a few days, and the month ended with a trip to Ithaca,
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Training Schedule August 7th – August 13th Sunday: Long Run. 18 miles w/14 miles @ marathon race pace Monday: Rest or cross-train Tuesday: VO2Max Run. 9 miles. 5x600m @ 5K pace w/jog 50-90% interval time Wednesday: General Aerobic Run. 9 miles Thursday: Medium-long
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Training Schedule July 24th – July 30th Sunday: Easy Run. 5 miles Monday: Rest or cross-train Tuesday: VO2Max Run. 9 miles w/5×600 m @ 5K race pace; jog 50 to 90% interval time between Wednesday: Medium-long Run. 14 miles Thursday: Recovery Run + speed.
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Training Schedule July 17th – July 23rd Sunday: Medium-long Run. 15 miles Monday: Recovery Run. 6 miles Tuesday: Lactate Threshold Run. 10 miles w/7 miles @ 15K to half marathon race pace Wednesday: Recovery Run + speed. 7 miles w/6 x 100m strides
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Training Schedule June 5th – June 11th Sunday: Long Run. 16 miles Monday: Rest or cross-train Tuesday: Lactate Threshold Run. 9 miles w/5 miles @ 15K to half marathon race pace Wednesday: Easy Run. 7 miles Thursday: Medium-long Run. 12 miles Friday: Easy Run.
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Training Schedule May 29th – June 4th Sunday: Rest or cross-train Monday: Medium-long Run. 15 miles Tuesday: Recovery Run. 4 miles Wednesday: General Aerobic Run + Speed. 9 miles w/6 x 10 sec. hill sprints + 8 x 100m strides Thursday: Recovery Run. 5 miles
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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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On Sunday, I ran a final 20 miler for confidence and then started tapering for the Boston Marathon! Almost every run featured tears as I grappled with the personal struggles from the past two years. Struggling to put my London Marathon trying cycle behind me as that race approached, I finally started my itinerary for the Boston Marathon on Saturday.
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This was my first full week of training since deciding not to run the London Marathon and focusing on the Boston Marathon instead. I was fairly aggressive and ran a 16 mile long run on Sunday, 1000m repeats on Tuesday, concluding with a 14-mile medium run on Thursday.
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