How to re-focus and evolve
Our lives are constantly evolving so we have to re-focus when our circumstances change Around 10 years ago I was at the peak of my fitness, I was never a great runner but I was a decent runner and even won a few prizes in local races. A few years ago I noticed that my times weren't as good despite feeling like I was still putting in the effort. I used numerous excuses at first such as 'well, I've had a busy week / not trained as much / not eaten as well etc etc'. It took me some time to realise and accept that my times were getting worse because I'd been running for 20+ years, I'd hit my peak, maintained it for a good few years but I was now coming down the other side. This had zero reasons to do with my age by the way, I'd simply reached my own physical limitations over the period of time I'd been running. You can start exercising in your 50's, 60's and beyond and still see huge improvements. Don't ever use age as a...