Doing a lot of reading about running these days. Found an interesting article from Runner’s World in my inbox this morning. It was about what to do between training seasons. It was directed at people who run longer races, half marathons and marathons, but I think it has a bearing on my situation right now also. I believe I can treat my hiatus for injury as a between training season event. I just came off a very difficult race. My body does need rest. It will be a slow and gradual return to full training for my next goal. I will most likely run the 5K at Jason’s Memorial this summer or early fall. I also plan to qualify in the 1500m and 800m again at the New Jersey Senior Games in September. Somewhere along the way I may travel to another state to run a 5K in a state Senior Games because New Jersey does not have a 5K event.
So that article gave me some perspective and some goals for the next month and a half.