You’re allowed to limp. You’re allowed to be slow. Just don’t confuse slow with stopped.

Nothing requires you to move well, only to keep moving. A slow month still ends somewhere different from where it began, and the pressure to recover impressively is what makes people quit rather than continue badly. Limping is participation. The only real break in the line is the one where movement stops altogether.

Set the bar at continuing rather than at performing, and drop the pace as far as you need to. Do a small version on the worst days. Direction matters more than speed across any stretch longer than a week.