Dear God, don't let us confine Easter to Easter.
Masters runners fare best when they designate every third week as a recovery week.
According to the brain-centered model of exercise performance, a runner achieves his race goal when his brain calculates that achieving the race goal is possible without catastrophic self-harm.
Build step by step. Push yourself, but not too hard. Learn. Keep it fun.
Confidence is not some nonphysical quality snatched from the spiritual dimension and installed in the mind. It is the feeling that arises when the body's knowledge of itself is in harmony with a person's dreams.