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you're spot on. Your lingering "what if" will stay until you ran that marathon. As long as you have a good training regiment I think a single marathon is nothin

by Tarsul 3y ago

you're spot on. Your lingering "what if" will stay until you ran that marathon. As long as you have a good training regiment I think a single marathon is nothing to fret healthwise. However, in the long run (heh) just going for half marathons is probably the healthier route. (I'm the same age as you and restarted running last year and have still to crack a half-marathon again - I lost a lot of fitness these last few sedentary [covid] years. So, the most important part is just staying with it and enjoying the journey :))

kashyapc 3y ago
Thank you for the validation. :-) Absolutely agree on "staying with it". I'm not "craving" for a full marathon or prove anything to anyone. I'm trying not to burn myself out by over-training. I hear you on losing fitness: It's unfair how quickly we lose the training we put into running. Just even one month of skipping runs (due to life coming in the way) has a noticeable effect in slow-down and efficiency. And good luck (or "succes" as they say in Dutch, which I like better as it tilts towards the positive) with your upcoming half-m. I'm sure you'll crush it!