Adventures of a female master runner in Metropolitan Washington, DC.
This week, there were two “something of substance” workouts in my training schedule. On Monday, I ran a tiring but gratifying interval workout. Yesterday, I completed a long run that was speedier than usual and but felt comfortable!
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Only two workouts this week as my marathon taper started in earnest – a 17 mile long run on Sunday and 3×1 mile intervals on Thursday. As the temperature continued to drop, my training paces followed suit. I also took
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My time at Sunday’s hot and humid Army Ten Miler was 1:18:49 (7:53 pace). Tuesday’s interval workout was already going terribly when I encountered a three-mile detour around the 14th Street Bridge. By Thursday, I gave up on 70+ degree
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This was the peak mileage week for this training cycle – 70 miles with only three more weeks of hard training to go! The weather finally dipped into a more runner-friendly range and my workout paces dropped. Training Schedule September
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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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My mileage was lower than usual but two of the workout were doubles. Monday’s interval session took so much out of me that by Wednesday, I needed an unscheduled rest day. My first race of this training cycle – the
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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
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