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... uh, leading to a few days off, so to speak.

And it became the, um, my big fear is that if I take more than two days off in a row, I'll stop running for a year.

Um, so to your point, um, at some point, it did become, um, less of an option and more of something I need to do.

And using the term running somewhat broadly because there have been some major injuries, as you alluded to.

I, I've broken my pelvis.

I've had several hamstring tears, broken my foot twice.

Like, what's the process and, and, and what are you- what's going through your mind as you're, as you're pounding the pavement, so to speak?