As an older runner, I have had to come to terms with not running as far or as fast as I have in years past. I was late to the game, only starting to run seriously when I was 49, but in the subsequent 8 years I completed 7 full marathons and 6 ultra marathons and many more half marathons and relays, etc. All this eventually caught up to me with a knee injury in 2017 and I was sidelined. Now that I have come back, I find that I cannot run the distance or the speed I used to. I have had to make peace with the fact that I would rather run more slowly and shorter distances than to not run at all. Social media makes such a transition harder, but you have to be yourself and do what makes you happy. Right now, that is slower and shorter for me.
Happy Holidays -- Starting my training for the North / South Gettysburg Marathon on April 10, 2022 -- I ran 1 marathon last year Oak Island Marathon in Feb 2020 just under 6 hours so I am hoping that I will be able to complete the Gettysburg marathon in 5.5 hours. Have 17 weeks -).
As an older runner, I have had to come to terms with not running as far or as fast as I have in years past. I was late to the game, only starting to run seriously when I was 49, but in the subsequent 8 years I completed 7 full marathons and 6 ultra marathons and many more half marathons and relays, etc. All this eventually caught up to me with a knee injury in 2017 and I was sidelined. Now that I have come back, I find that I cannot run the distance or the speed I used to. I have had to make peace with the fact that I would rather run more slowly and shorter distances than to not run at all. Social media makes such a transition harder, but you have to be yourself and do what makes you happy. Right now, that is slower and shorter for me.
Happy Holidays -- Starting my training for the North / South Gettysburg Marathon on April 10, 2022 -- I ran 1 marathon last year Oak Island Marathon in Feb 2020 just under 6 hours so I am hoping that I will be able to complete the Gettysburg marathon in 5.5 hours. Have 17 weeks -).