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You can’t cram for a marathon.

Having patience during recovery from injury is incredibly difficult and yet critical.

Injury, like any other setback, is an opportunity for growth and new perspective on running and life. While all I wanted to do was get back on the trails, eventually I realized that the best thing for me was to take some time off, focus on other things, and figure out how I can come back stronger than before.

Injuries bring opportunity to recharge, refresh and re-evaluate your running. You can still do things to make yourself a better runner, and you can do plenty to make yourself a better person while you’re injured. Being miserable or upset about it only makes you less enjoyable to be around, so put the negative thoughts to rest and look forward to better days.

It is amazing after years of running how much there is still to learn about exercise, nutrition and recovery. The best is yet to come.

It’s never too late to have build goals!

The trail is always worth carving out time to get there.

It’s all training… Walking the dog with the 3 year old (training), putting together the Christmas swingset (training), eating Christmas cookies (fueling? Maybe not😜).

Top thing I learned is the value of a little hip and glute activation (resistance bands!) before I head out, for injury prevention.

Patience is paramount: with myself, my fitness, training / racing goals, others in my life. The importance of this became clearer & clearer as the year went on…and I know it’s something I’ll still be working on well into 2020!

Consistency is key

I need a plan to achieve my goals, but blindly following it is a recipe for trouble. Adjustments on the fly are more than fine.

Injuries provide a chance to come back stronger in a new way.

I can run much farther than I thought.

Taking a day off once in a while is not a terrible idea.

I learned what overtraining felt like, especially after a too-long training block.