Adventures of a female master runner in Metropolitan Washington, DC.
After learning in September that I would miss out on the 2024 Boston Marathon by 5 seconds, I decided to run the 2024 Ottawa Marathon in May. I started training in late January following a plan in Advanced Marathoning by
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Training Schedule September 10th – September 16th Sunday: 2023 George Washington Patriot Run Monday: Off Tuesday: Speed Run. 6 x 1 mile w/400m recoveries Wednesday: Easy Run. 8 miles Thursday: Threshold Run. 8 miles @ marathon pace Friday: Easy Run. 7 miles Saturday: Easy Run.
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Prologue I started training for the 2023 New York City Marathon on July 2nd – the day after my 52nd birthday! Some developments at work led to me getting a new boss that week, which led to a lot of
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Training Schedule August 6th – August 12th Sunday: Long Run. 12 milesMonday: OffTuesday: Speed Run. 4 x 1200m w/400m recoveriesWednesday: Easy Run. 6 milesThursday: Threshold Run. 7 miles @ marathon paceFriday: Easy Run. 6 milesSaturday: Easy Run. 10 miles Total: ~51 Miles Notes. The long run leading into
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Training Schedule July 16th – July 22nd Sunday: Long Run. 12 miles Monday: Off Tuesday: Speed Run. 8 x 600m w/400m recoveries Wednesday: Easy Run. 6 miles Thursday: Threshold Run. 6 miles @ marathon pace Friday: Easy Run. 7 miles Saturday: Easy Run. 6 miles
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Training Schedule July 2nd – July 8th Sunday: Long Run. 10 miles Monday: Off Tuesday: Easy Run. 6 miles Wednesday: Easy Run. 6 miles Thursday: Easy Run. 6 miles Friday: Easy Run. 6 miles Saturday: Easy Run. 6 miles Total: ~40 Miles Notes. Strangely, the
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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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Training Schedule July 3rd – July 9th Sunday: Long Run. 20 miles Monday: Rest or cross-train Tuesday: Recovery Run. 6 miles Wednesday: Medium-long Run. 13 miles Thursday: Recovery Run. 5 miles Friday: Medium-long Run. 11 miles Saturday: Recovery Run + Speed. 6 miles + 6 x 100m
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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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I had another speedy long run with my overall pace falling around 9:30. Two days later I had a fun interval session at the track. On Thursday, I fell a little short of 9 miles at marathon-pace but it was still a good workout.
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