Monday was a rest day. My back and left leg were still feeling painful and stiff after my bad weekend of running, so I welcomed the extra rest day. Tuesday was my first attempt at running since my "injury". I ran 6 miles easy in the morning, and another 4.5 in the afternoon after work. …
Palmer Lake Training: March 18th – 24th
Monday was a rest day. This is pretty much a constant, so nothing exciting to report. Tuesday was my tempo workout for the week. I decided to try a Koop-style tempo, which meant doing tempo intervals with a 2:1 work:rest ratio. I did 4 repeats of 10 minutes at tempo, 5 minutes easy. I was …
Palmer Lake Training: March 11th – 17th
Monday was a rest day. I ended up mildly regretting taking my normal rest day on Monday and not saving it for later in the week. If I had been checking the weather, I likely would have been able to anticipate the bomb cyclone/blizzard that hit on Wednesday and I could have used my rest …
Palmer Lake Training: March 4th – 10th
Monday was my typical rest day. I was still feeling really fresh despite my 50-60 mile weeks, but I knew the accumulated fatigue would hit me if I didn't take a cutback week. My original plan for the week was to do two easier workouts, two short easy days (~4 miles each), one shorter long …
Palmer Lake Training: Feb 25th – March 3rd
Monday was rest day, per usual. Nothing too thrilling to report. Tuesday was tempo day! I did a 1 mile warmup, 4 miles at around marathon pace, 1 mile easy, 3 miles at around half marathon pace, and a 1 mile cooldown. I was surprised with how good I felt during this workout. The last mile …
Performance Enhancement in Endurance Sports: OVDO, Caffeine, Coca, and the “Black Drink”
Modern athletes are constantly in the news for doping scandals, from Lance Armstrong’s doping during his Tour de France wins to the allegations of Alberto Salazar doping his Nike Oregon Project athletes. In 1999, the World Anti-Doping Agency was founded to monitor and coordinate anti-doping efforts as well as enforcing the World Anti-Doping Code, which …
Palmer Lake Training: Feb. 18th – 24th
Monday was rest day, as always. I was off work for President's Day, and I was sorely tempted to not take my rest day, but I knew I needed to stick to my schedule. Instead, I kept myself busy by running errands and doing a ton of meal prep for the week (as well as baking …
Palmer Lake Training: Feb 11th – 17th
Time for a new training block! This past week was all about recovery from RUFA as well as setting myself up well for my next race, the Palmer Lake 24 Hour Death Race/Fun Run (best name for a race ever!). I started off the week slowly and did less intensity than I plan to do …
Running Up For Air 6 Hour: Feb. 4th – 10th
It's RACE WEEK!!!! Time for the usual weekly training details + a bonus mini race report at the end. Monday: still a rest day, like always! Tuesday was an hour-long easy run. I decided to cut back and only do one short workout this week instead of the usual two, due to the race on Saturday. …
RUFA Training: Jan 28th – Feb 3rd
Hellooooooo, taper! The goal this week was to drop my long run distance, overall training time, and overall vert by a good amount, but keep up the double weekly workouts. Tapering is not something I'm great at, and finding the balance between enough rest to be recovered for race day and enough running to still …
Clare Runs Sometimes 