Adventures of a female master runner in Metropolitan Washington, DC.
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 Training It’s been a challenging climb returning to fitness since my disastrous New York City Marathon in 2019. I started medication for high blood pressure after that race, but then the COVID-19 pandemic derailed everyone’s racing plans for two years.
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Training Schedule August 20th – August 26th Sunday: Long Run. 14 miles Monday: Off Tuesday: Speed Run. 3 x 1600m w/600m recoveries Wednesday: Easy Run. 6 miles Thursday: Threshold Run. 7 miles @ marathon pace Friday: Easy Run. 6 miles Saturday: Easy Run. 10 miles
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Training Schedule August 13th – August 19th Sunday: Long Run. 8 miles Monday: Off Tuesday: Speed Run. 400m-800m-1200m-1600m-1200m-800m-400m w/400m recoveries Wednesday: Easy Run. 6 miles Thursday: Threshold Run. 7 miles @ marathon pace Friday: Easy Run. 7 miles Saturday: Easy Run. 8 miles Total: ~48
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Prologue When I left the finish area after the 2021 Boston Marathon a year and a half ago, I thought I might never see it again because I was so far from time-qualifying shape. But, I worked my way back! 2021
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The word that best describes 2022: Balance. There were ups and downs, but overall, everything evened out! The year started a bit slow. January began with a snowstorm that lasted a few days, and the month ended with a trip to Ithaca,
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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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Training Schedule September 4th – September 10th Sunday: Medium-long Run. 13 milesMonday: RestTuesday: Recovery Run. 7 milesWednesday: Dress rehearsal. 7 mi w/ 2 mi @ marathon race paceThursday: RestFriday: Recovery Run + speed. 5 mi w/ 6 x 100 m stridesSaturday: Recovery Run. 4 miles
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Training Schedule August 21st – August 27th Sunday: Long Run. 20 miles Monday: Rest or cross-train Tuesday: Recovery + speed. 7 mi w/ 8 x 100 m strides Wednesday: Recovery Run. 6 miles Thursday: Medium-long Run. 12 miles Friday: Recovery + speed. 5 miles
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Training Schedule August 14th – August 20th Sunday: Long Run. 17 miles Monday: Rest or cross-train Tuesday: Recovery + speed 7 mi w/ 6 x 100 m strides Wednesday: VO2max Run. 10 mi w/5 x 1,200 m @ 5K race pace; jog 50
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