Running for Your Life: On Going Long

I thank my lucky “starts” every other day.

That’s what I do. Run every other day since 1977 – or thereabouts.

There are times when I’m just dead tired. Or a little sick.

But I lace up the shoes and go for a run. Without fail.

Thirty minutes, the absolute shortest period of time. Or up to an hour and a half, given my current fitness level.

I’ll be pushing that in the weeks ahead, when the weather gets a little warmer, the sun stronger.

Knees, check. Hammies, check. Back, check. Wind strength during steep uphill, check.

Out the door in compression socks, patella bands, orthotics. Much slower than I was in 1977.

But steady. And ready. Every other day.

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