Training for the Half Marathon

At near 50, I'm training for a half marathon. Yeah, that's right. In about 6 weeks I'll be out on the Navajo Nation Reservation running past Ship Rock (New Mexico). I've ran 10k's before, but this will be my first Half Marathon. The ole' knees aren't what they use to be, but I'm cautious in my training and basically just having a lot of fun!
Also, I started playing the Cello about 4 years ago. The family has been more patient than the family pets: 2 cats simply could not endure the noise I made, they abandoned ship and left us. But I'm actually in a local college Symphony Orchestra now and well, it's the violist next seated next to me that now wants to abandon ship. We're preparing for our Spring Concert and I'm enjoying the experience I'm having as I learn to play (sort of) Hayden, Bach, Vivaldi ,etc.
I reached my goal of seeing all 50 states before I turned 50. Yip! While I enjoyed seeing all 50 I have to say my favorites are the Pacific Northwest. There's just something really nice about Port Angeles, Washington and the Strait of Juan de Fuca that took me to Victoria, British Columbia. That's probably my favorite trip. Oregon, in August, is a close 2nd favorite. I didn't really care too much for the South, in general. And I'm extremely fond of the Chesapeake Bay area simply because I love all the American Revolutionary War history stuff that is there. Jefferson's Monticello, Colonial Williamsburg, and Washington's Mt. Vernon, Boston, New York (both the city as well as the Hudson River Valley and the Adirondacks around Lake George), Vermont, and New Hampshire are all places I've made repeated trips, I've loved returning to those places..........
But the Southwest, where I live, is still where I prefer to stay. The sun shines here nearly everyday of the year. I like that best. Bloom where you are planted......well, yeah. I'm not a flower, but the idiom works.
Be well, do good...