Adventures of a female master runner in Metropolitan Washington, DC.
I attended a work conference in Baltimore to start what was a hectic work week. I struggled to find running routes and my workouts weren’t as prepared as I wanted. By Wednesday, I started to see my running paces drop
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Fully recovered from jet-lag and a cold, this felt like the first week of marathon training. Like a good runner, I pushed myself during workouts but eased off on recovery days. On Saturday, I completed my first marathon-pace workout of
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The thrill of starting my training cycle for the 2018 New York City Marathon was snuffed out quickly. Due to jet-lag and a cold, Saturday’s long run was my only workout of the week! Next week should be much better.
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I took a vacation through Scandinavia and Russia this week! The “track” on the ship was about 0.13 miles long so I ran all three of this week’s workouts on the treadmill. When I return home, I’ll start training for
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Tuesday’s interval run didn’t go very well but I crushed Friday’s. I ran today’s long run harder than usual because… I’m on vacation next week! Training Schedule June 17th – June 23rd Sunday: Easy Run. 60 min E pace (1
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Lost in thought, I messed up Tuesday’s 400m and 200m interval workout… again! And, I couldn’t will myself out of bed on Thursday morning for that speed session, so I moved it to Friday. My long run on Saturday was
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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
Continue readingThe word of the week: intervals! I ran sets of 400m and 200m on Monday and 1,000m on Thursday. Watching the Stanley Cup finals kept me up late twice this week but overall, I ran well. Training Schedule May 27th
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This week, I wanted to crush my speed workouts and I did. Heat and gastrointestinal issues got the best of me during my long run, but overall I felt fit and ready to start training again. Looking forward to July! Training
Continue readingThe speed workouts changed this week and they had me running some uncomfortable paces. But, I met my goal of just completing them. It rained almost continuously for the entire week but I only got drenched during my long run
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