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Or young. I did stuff like that in HS and then college. Lift then surf then whatever sport was in season happened almost daily.

Now that I'm older, if I have my workouts (lift, cardio, and jiu-jitsu) all line up on the same day like what happened this week, it usually means a day or 2 of easy cardio and yoga after.

1h weights, 1h spinning bike, 1h recovery run.

I used to run a half-marathon every day for ~two years but eventually got injured. Weights was the best decision to switch gears.

Do you think more strength work (i.e. weights) at the time would have helped you keep that up without injury?

Absolutely — I ended up with multiple fractures. Weights, but most importantly simply working on your core & stability will help a lot to prevent something like that. I used to hate any non-cardio activities but once you make visible progress it's much easier to keep it up.

Or you're a pro athlete