Dear James, Daniel and Emily
I couldn't have reached this point, where I ran 13 miles (well mostly ran, there was some walking) without pain during, and then still had the energy to go on a 4 mile hike later on that day without having done all the training I have done. This is really the point of running all of these training runs. You run them to build.
All that hard work, the hills, the snow, the rain, the falls, the bruises all give me the strength to do runs like that. That is the longest training run I have ever had, and basically tied my 2 longest runs, actual Half marathon races. And, unlike my races, I was able to complete this without any of the knee pain that I encountered during my races. That is what the training has given me: the strength and wind to keep running longer distances.
Of course today's run was an example of what all those miles can take away: 2 days after that long run and then hike my legs were definitely not happy with the idea of running again. But I know that this is part of the building process. In order to gain sometimes I have to absorb some losses like this, runs where it is a real effort just to keep moving and keep putting one foot in front of the other.
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