Dear James, Daniel and Emily,
Another Half marathon down, along with the week of recovery, and time to get back to normal. And also need to be honest with myself about my eating habits.
The Half went just about perfectly, up until the 10 mile mark. Then my IT bands de died that they had had enough. So I nursed myself to the end, with a not bad mark of 2:37 (third from last in the 45-49 age bracket.) not sure if I could have done anything differently as far as prep.
The big lesson is that if I want to go longer or get a much better time I will need to change some habits. I would need to do some real core strength and flexibility training. I would have to stick tighter to a training program. And last but not least, I would have to knock off some pounds.
Which leads me to my other point. Even if my goal isn't to run longer or faster I still need to knock off some pounds. I have a physical this afternoon and I will tell the doctor the same thing. I have gotten slack in my eating habits (again.) And I realize that in order to change that I first need to be honest with what I am doing and get back to real meal tracking.
Of course the best part of this is that today I was able to turn in a good 3.5 mile run, and plan to run again tomorrow. Because, after all this time, I have reached the point where I enjoy those daily runs as much as I need them for fitness reasons.
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