Trust your training, trust your body

                Over a month ago I finished a 50-miler, yet, right now it feels like a struggle to run even 5, and that. is. okay. I now know my body enough to know that it all changes, all the time, nothing stays the same, ever. The minute one stops working out the body goes down, yet, on the flipside, the minute one begins working out again the body meets the challenge, so, healthy body changes happen ever.....so....slowwwwly, in both directions. When I was in my 20's I'd often suddenly realize I had not run for some time and to alleviate the guilt I'd go out and pump out 5 miles and then be totally debilitated the next day. So, I now know that my abilities are not gone when I change my workouts, that although it decreates, it does not disappear instatly,  it can only come back slowly, with deliberate and incremental changes to my running over time. Trust your training and your body. It all ultimately comes down to trust and trust only builds with experience. So yes, I will work my ass off to 'get it back'. Also, even though things seem less serious right now in my training, that is not the case; I am deliberately strengthening other parts of my body with weightlifting. Also, how amazing is this human body we live in? With every new challenge my body has risen to the occasion, never letting me down. I don't only need to get my body ready, my beliefs, my resolve, the images I place in my head all play a huge part in making everything fall into place in the end. In 10 months I would have been working my ass off to be ready to run 62 miles. I will aim to do prepare for this by first and foremost listening, respecting and properly pacing my body through the training.