Adventures of a female master runner in Metropolitan Washington, DC.
Prologue In September, I was accepted into the 2025 Boston Marathon! It’ll be my 10th! My first chance to qualify for the 2026 Boston Marathon was at the 2024 Philadelphia Marathon. Unfortunately, I had a cold the day before and
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I finished the 2024 Ottawa Marathon feeling triumphant! I set my sights on a fall marathon and registered for the 2024 Philadelphia Marathon. The race is often ranked among the top 10 big city marathons in the United States and
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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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Prologue My last marathon was the 2021 Boston Marathon. Unfortunately, I ran a disappointing 4:12:00, which didn’t re-qualify me for next year’s race! After running eight consecutive Boston Marathons, I left the finish line area wondering if I’d ever run
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This race report was originally posted on the RunningAhead community boards in October 2014. Some content has been edited since that initial publication. Prologue “Have you run Marine Corps?” As a marathoner in the area, I was continually asked this question and I
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This race report was originally posted on the RunningAhead community boards on April 22, 2014. Some content has been edited since that initial publication. Prologue “I think there was a bombing at the Boston Marathon?” I think those were the words that I
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This race report was originally posted on the RunningAhead community boards on April 17, 2012. Some content has been edited since that initial publication.
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