Category: February 2023
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Boston Marathon Training – Week 5
Week 5 of my marathon training schedule is a wrap! It was yet another up-and-down week, with a bit of a crisis of confidence. I was having some trouble with my lower back again (a recurring problem for me) – it had started to be achey, both when running and at rest, with some sciatic…
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Boston Marathon Training – Week 4
Yesterday saw the end of Week 4 of my marathon training schedule, and it ended with a bang with a tough half marathon race. I ran the Ralston Creek Half Marathon in Arvada, Colorado, and phew, it was a toughie! A fantastic event, though – really well organized and the course was beautiful with some…
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Boston Marathon Training – Week 3
Week 3 of my training schedule has been a bit of a mixed bag! On the upside: Monday’s, Wednesday’s and Thursday’s runs went great. Wednesday’s run included a successful fartlek session – felt fantastic to get some good speed work done and I enjoyed this session a lot (fartlek is my favorite kind of speed…
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Boston Marathon Training – Week 2
Last week was Week 2 of my training cycle, and on the whole it was pretty satisfying. The speed session I attempted on Thursday, though, had me re-evaluating things somewhat. For this session, I was supposed to run 2 miles easy as a warm-up (which I did), then the speed section was to be 5…