Adventures of a female master runner in Metropolitan Washington, DC.
Prologue Training In Washington, D.C., the Cherry Blossom 10 Miler is the premier spring race. Last year, the race introduced a 5K the day before the race. It also added a “Double Blossom” competition for runners who do both races.
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In November, after a disappointing 2021 Boston Marathon, I planned to do a “speed” cycle with the 2022 Rock ‘n’ Roll DC Half Marathon as my goal event.
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I woke up thinking I was running the Lawyers Have Heart 10K but decided to take on a half marathon just three weeks after the 2019 Cleveland Marathon! The early miles were slow because the course was hilly. But, I finally allowed myself to run hard after about eight miles. My time was 1:45:56 (8:06 pace) – 6th woman overall and 1st in my age group!
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I’m back! I got back into the running habit this week after the 2019 Cleveland Marathon by completing 11 miles on Sunday and 7 miles “easy” on Tuesday and Thursday. But then… I entered a half marathon on Saturday!
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Scroll all the way down to the end of the post for the tl;dr version. Prologue The Rock ‘n’ Roll DC Half Marathon starts the racing season in Washington, DC. Since 2008, I’ve run the full or half every year
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Cold temperatures and high winds forced me to run on the treadmill on Wednesday but I completed all of my workouts. Finished the week with a great result at the 2019 Rock n Roll DC Half Marathon! Training Schedule
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I ran the 2018 Navy-Air Force Half Marathon on Sunday in 1:43:16 (7:53 pace). Hurricane Florence arrived on Sunday afternoon and it rained through Tuesday but morning temperature s stayed above 70 degrees. Despite the weather, I ran hard during
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Scroll all the way down to the end of the post for the abridged version. Prologue Going into the race, I’d been training for the 2018 New York City Marathon since July using the 18 week, 55-70 miles per week
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It was a tough week! My schedule didn’t have any easy days but I created one by taking Thursday off. My time from the Shamrock Half Marathon on Sunday and interval workout on Friday were both good indicators that I’m
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Scroll all the way down to the end of the post for the tl;dr version. Prologue Going into the race, I had been training for the 2018 Boston Marathon since January. After lots of slow running training for the 2018
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