This morning at seven am I had my first run since race day. Race day was June 25th, today is July 14th. That is 20 days of not running- at ALL. Why is running again after the big run so hard?
Back in October 2003 I ran the Boulder Back-roads half marathon in 2:15 minutes ish, after training with the intention to run the full marathon. That means that I completed a twenty plus mile training run. I did all of the heavy mileage alone then didn't run consistently or seriously until this spring...yep, this spring. Which puts the down time just shy of EIGHT YEARS!
What made the difference? Friends. I was able to get out of bed and make it over to the same old lake to run yet another lap because I knew someone would be there waiting for me.
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