Adventures of a female master runner in Metropolitan Washington, DC.
Coming off the 2024 Ottawa Marathon, I felt euphoric by how well I ran – 3:44:51 (8:35 pace)! Before I ran the race, I started thinking about my next marathon. I thought about rerunning the Marine Corps Marathon because it’s
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Prologue When I missed getting into the 2024 Boston Marathon by 5 seconds, I immediately selected another spring marathon to get over the sting. I chose the Ottawa Marathon because my boyfriend and I wanted to visit Quebec, Canada, which
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Prologue When I think about Mile 16 of the 2019 New York City Marathon, I remember feeling like I wanted to quit. It’s a feeling I’ve only had a handful of times in my running career. By Mile 21, I was
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Prologue Leaving the finish line area at the 2021 Boston Marathon, I soaked in the view and how I felt because I wasn’t sure I would ever return. But I trained hard over the summer and ran a Boston Marathon
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Prologue Back in November, when I created my training plan for the 2022 Rock ‘n’ Roll Half Marathon, I wrote about how much I wanted to return to the New York City Marathon and the Boston Marathon. Unfortunately, I found out
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The world is still in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic but I’m still preparing for the eventual return of road racing.
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I finished the 2019 New York City Marathon last month in a very disappointing 4:07:46 (9:28 pace). After the marathon, I planned to run the 2019 Brazos Bend 50 Miler but instead spent the next month visiting doctors and taking care of my general health. In the end, I was treated for high blood pressure and a Vitamin D deficiency. Feeling better, I started preparing my 2020 Boston Marathon training plan!
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This would have been race week for the 2019 Brazos Bend 50 Miler but I was still recovering from the 2019 New York City Marathon. On Monday, my cardiologist informed me that my “stress test” was normal so I was officially cleared to resume running!
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If it’s July, I’m starting to train for the New York City Marathon! This will be my sixth consecutive year participating in the event, which is consistently the highlight of my running year. Everything about this race is big! It
Continue readingTwo and a half weeks ago, I finished the cold, rainy, and windy 2018 Boston Marathon! Thoroughly warm and dry, it’s time to look back at my last training cycle and ahead to the summer. I’ll start training for the
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