Bit of a „funny“ but weirdly serious take. I‘m 38 and a father of 2 and 2026 feels like my worst year of actual running right now. I don‘t keep up with training - for good reason as i have a family and 1,x jobs and something like a social life - but suddenly i get sick all the time and have problems with hurting feet while running and dnf-ing a marathon and this week my lower back kills me from one day to the next. Ffs i just registered for my first 100k but haven‘t had a proper 60k training week in months. Also running a 30k trail race this saturday and haven‘t seen a real hill in ages.

Right now i‘m counting on summer and my newly found stretching routine to make me strong (wtf does that mean) again, but if not i‘m the next middle-aged dude talking about his injuries and how he misses proper running. Which i would 100% do and you all know it by now. I always was the „dOn‘t cAlL iT a cOmeBaCk“ guy in your strava feed.

In good news, Raziq Rauf i just ordered your book today and therefore i demand something motivational asap. 🫡