Thigh July

[marathondan]

Very well put, MLCMM. The running gods giveth with one hand and taketh away with the other.

I suppose the one positive is that with age comes a better sense of perspective. You see the bigger picture, and you know that, so long as you can get back on that wagon, two months of training (for example) should get you back to where you were two months ago.

I also think that, as we get older, we appreciate running more, and realise how important it is to hold on to.

Older and boulder. It's just the way you roll.

Oh and yes - given the really amazing work you did in the first half of the year, I do think that when you restart the uphill struggle, you'll find that the boulder didn't roll all the way down this time.