Take your pick. On any long run I seem to do some of each.

Today I ran a hard 10 miles. I started slow, it didn’t seem like I would ever be able to pick it up. I was slogging, ready to cut it short by mile 5.

I had run like the wind on my previous run and maybe I was paying for that, or for some heavy yard work I’ve been doing.

I pushed on. My training mantra is “make a promise, keep a promise” At about mile 8 I started warming up . I actually started to feel like a runner.

Lesson learned, even after 40 years of running! Ancient bodies ask for patience. Sometimes the warm-up takes most of the run.