Shhhhh! My body has something to say
Go figure that after I write about lofty August goals that I suddenly felt miserable for a couple of days. After my post the other day, I felt kind of weird knowing that I was about to approach a week with less miles. Apparently I needed rest more than I realized.
After a good run to kick off the week Monday, it was like I immediately started feeling bad. I gradually got worse yesterday, but have gradually gotten better today after opting to take my first two-day rest break from running in this training cycle. It’s my first two-day break since mid-June.
The timing of this is pretty good since I was planning to cut back to about 25 miles this week. Of course I can still hit that with more miles in the second half of the week, and I have no urge to “catch up” if I fall behind. It’s a built in recovery week for a reason. If i happen to run fewer miles than I planned, it’s not a big deal. I’ll adjust however I need to. The body has never lied to me before.
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Hope the step back will have you feeling better soon.
I feel the same! I over worked my body the past few days and am taking an unplanned rest day tomorrow. Everything just ached and felt sore and stiff today so I knew I needed a break! It's hard but just think about how much better you will feel after! Enjoy!
What's this with all the bloggers installing new comment systems? I guess I missed the memo! Oh, I'm blacklisted since I use wordpress.com.
Good timing on the recovery week. Mine will be next week when I'm on my family vacation on a ship without a gym.
You can go to commentluv and get yourself off the black list. It's happened to me before. As for the change, I've been looking for a while. Plus with this one it's easier to have conversations. I am replying via email and it will (should) show up in the stream. Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
See, this is what I mean about jinxing myself,, this is what happens! And funny to read this the morning after my 3rd bad run in a row.
Enjoy the recovery week, this in my opinion is where you'd benefit from swimming or biking instead.
Other things wouldn't have stopped me from getting sick. I did core Tuesday when I felt bad and only felt worse afterward. Yesterday was a true rest day minus easy walking. Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
ah, what the hey, I clicked on Coco to go read her blog, but your new commenter thingie doesn't take me to her blog.
I think it has something to do with being logged in to Wordprerss. Are you typing your URL when you leave the comment? I'll check out settings later. Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry