Day 91: Back in the Race
I have finally done it! After well over a week of missed runs thanks to illness and a back that has been behaving with all the grace of an overdramatic stage actor, I’ve completed a full training run again. No shortened sessions, no gentle jogs—just a proper, structured run, the kind that makes you feel like you’re actually a marathon runner rather than just someone who owns a lot of running shoes. This morning, I woke up determined. The back was sore, but not in the "sit down and despair" way—more in the "mildly irritating, but let’s see how it goes" way. So I got myself up, took myself off to work, and laced up for what I hoped would be a good step back towards proper training. A Threshold of Pain and Progress Now, you’d think my watch would greet my return with some gentle encouragement, maybe a nice, easy aerobic run, or a brisk walk followed by a medal. But no. My Garmin Forerunner 955, ever the relentless taskmaster, had scheduled me a threshold run . Yes, y...