2024, the year I didn't run. This was 66/51. But 51 really wasn't a running year. I stopped running in Sept 2023 due to an ankle injury. That was followed with surgery in January 2024. Rehab for 6 weeks with the goal of returning to training in June. Lots of setbacks.
Getting back into the routine has been challenging. Minor injuries to muscles that were remembering what running was. Soreness/discomfort in muscles that haven't been used like they have during the previous decades of running. Slowness of an older body returning to what it once did regularly.
In 51 years of running, this was the first one that I have not done significant running. My body reflects that. Heavy, sluggish. A positive is that due to more work on flexibility, I feel much less tight than before. My running gait feels different, in a good way. Now to build the endurance to more than the 5 minute run breaks on my 3 mile walks.
2024 was a year! Probably, no, for sure, the most difficult I've faced. A parent aging, the loss of, I don't know how to describe it, a much valued uncle. A daughter who went through a very serious illness. And no running to help me cope.
The good news is, I survived the year. Thank goodness for grandkids who greet you at the airport, a wife with understanding and giver of sound advice, a personal trainer who challenges an old guy can stay young, 2-fingers of fine bourbon, a best friend to share Olympic Trials memories, and campfires with friends.
2025, expect to be better. I have a new challenge in organizing a 4 day track meet for kids 7-18 (I'll take any assistance anyone reading this wants to provide), renewing life with a retired Rachel, being in love with a 3 and 5 year old as they also teach me to be young, watching my daughters continue their awesome journeys as adults, sunrises in the desert, and returning to regular injury-free running.
67/52, here I come.
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