I'm getting towards the end of my rope when it comes to running. I know I have joint problems, and I know that I'm closer to 60 than 50, and I know that I used to be obese. All of those are facts. It also doesn't help that I only like to run outdoors. However, I'm in relatively good shape, and my cardio fitness is high, so I finishing a 3-4 mile run should be feasible.
That begs the question, why am I struggling so much to run? My gait can't get longer than what feels like a shuffle, and I feel like I need to stop often, and not always due to knee/hip pain. I'm not under any illusion that I'll ever get as fast as I was in my 20's, but the metrics seem to show me getting slower instead of faster, and that's not acceptable. Yes I was feeling a lot of pain last night, and don't tell Merinda this but I was I limping quite a bit, but that's just my fate and I need to accept it.
I can accept that I'm pushing myself a little harder than I should, and I'm beginning to worry that a 4 mile race in 3 weeks is going to be very difficult, but I signed up for it and I'm going to do it. I'll just keep doing my weekly 5k and try to gut out this race. After that I'll be finished with the Disney races, the other virtual races and all I need to be prepping for is the triathalon in September.
I will say on a brighter note, I mapped out a 5k loop in my neighborhood which makes my life a lot easier. Since I don't like to run indoors, and since I run like a dead slug, it's better to be close to home, and the other good part is that my knees are at a one, maybe two out of ten for pain today, so whatever is going on doesn't seem to be impacting my day to day life. It does give me hope that I'll eventually make some kind of breakthrough and be able to run easier and faster.
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