I am not in the best shape that I would like to be. And one of the side effects of age is that it takes longer to recover from a hard workout. What that means is that when I ran the 10 mile race 2 weeks ago I did real well, but I had to take a week off before hand just to be ready. And I am having a hard time getting ready to do another long practice run before my half. So any run is a balance of wanting to run, but knowing that if I push it too hard it will take that much longer to be ready for the half.
So I am trying to balance all of that, listen to my legs and body. I am confident I can do it, but I am recognizing that I have to be careful.
This is also a lesson learned, once I have recovered from the half I need to get more serious about strength training. Ideally I would be able to join a gym, but that's not an economic option at this time so it will be up to me to buckle down with home exercises at least initially.
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