Adventures of a female master runner in Metropolitan Washington, DC.
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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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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Sunday’s long run was the fastest long run of this training cycle! I followed it up with a solid 1000m repeat workout on Tuesday and 13-miler on Thursday. On Saturday, I ran the Roosevelt Island DC Parkrun instead of an easy run and enjoyed racing again!
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