We’ve all been here before: fall marathon season is over, the holidays have rolled around, the temperatures dipped and sunlight feeling harder and harder to come by.  Before we know it it’s been weeks since we last ran consistently let alone trained for anything. Yet, knowing us runners, we’ve signed up for spring races (or will at some point soon) that we need to get back into the groove for. It can be challenging to know how to safely get back into running after taking a lo