Adventures of a female master runner in Metropolitan Washington, DC.
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 30th – August 5th Sunday: Long Run. 8 milesMonday: OffTuesday: Speed Run. 5 x 1000m w/400m recoveriesWednesday: Easy Run. 6 milesThursday: Threshold Run. 6 miles @ marathon paceFriday: Easy Run. 7 milesSaturday: Easy Run. 6 miles Total: ~44 Miles Notes. The long
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Training Schedule July 23rd – July 29th Sunday: Long Run. 10 miles Monday: Off Tuesday: Speed Run. 6 x 800m w/400m recoveries Wednesday: Easy Run. 6 miles Thursday: Threshold Run. 6 miles @ marathon pace Friday: Easy Run. 6 miles Saturday: Easy Run. 8 miles
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Training Schedule June 19th – June 25th Sunday: Long Run. 14 miles Monday: Rest or cross-training Tuesday: Lactate-threshold Run. 10 miles w/5 miles @ 15K to half marathon race pace Wednesday: Recovery Run. 5 miles Thursday: Medium-long Run. 12 miles Friday: Recovery Run,
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Training Schedule June 5th – June 11th Sunday: Long Run. 16 miles Monday: Rest or cross-train Tuesday: Lactate Threshold Run. 9 miles w/5 miles @ 15K to half marathon race pace Wednesday: Easy Run. 7 miles Thursday: Medium-long Run. 12 miles Friday: Easy Run.
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Training Schedule May 22nd – May 28th Sunday: Marathon-pace run. 15 miles w/8 miles at marathon paceMonday: Rest or cross-trainTuesday: Medium-long Run. 10 milesWednesday: Recovery Run. 4 milesThursday: Lactate Threshold Run. 8 miles w/4 miles at lactate threshold paceFriday: Recovery Run. 4 milesSaturday:
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Training Schedule May 8th – May 14th Sunday: Long Run. 12 miles Monday: Off Tuesday: Lactate Threshold Run. 9 miles w/4 miles @ LT pace Wednesday: Recovery Run. 6 miles Thursday: Recovery Run. 5 miles Friday: General Aerobic Run. 9 miles Saturday:
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Despite being over-dressed, I finished my first 20 miler of this training cycle on Sunday! The run ended with me shuffling so two days later, I ran short intervals to get my legs turning over again. Closed the weekly workouts out with a good threshold run on Thursday.
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This week, I started what will be my typical schedule for this training cycle – long run on Sunday, speed work on Thursday, and a “medium” run on Thursday. It was a rough start, though, as high heat and humidity led me to run 18 miles on the treadmill! The other runs were outside, though, and went well.
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On Sunday, I belted out a 21-miler – my longest run by far since last April. I skipped Wednesday’s medium run, though. Now that COVID-19 cases in the county have dropped, I felt more comfortable returning to my gym. Next week might be interesting as the forecast calls for snow on Sunday…
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