Some quick thoughts about extra, unexpected off days.
1. Off days are great no matter the reason
2. Golf counts as exercise so I won’t even say yesterday was an off day. Especially the way I play. It can be exhausting
3. It’s early and for me I feel I’m ahead of schedule.
4. Some say you need to train 2 days for every one day you take off to break even. I say that’s a bunk of bull-hunky. If you believe that you are an over-achiever runner. I am not an over achiever.
5. If rest is “injury prevention” I am not being lazy. I am actually just ensuring my highest level of health to maintain training for 14 more weeks. So three straight days off is actually a good thing!
6. This ain’t my first rodeo. It’s my 8th marathon so mentally I know what I’m in for and what training is like. If it was my first I’d freak out over every run, but now it’s old hat and I feel fine taking days off.
7. I’ll never really be fully trained. I lack motivation so I’ll never train the “right way”. And that’s why I’ll probably never break 4 hours.
8. Who cares what time I run it in. I still get a medal and the cool tin foil blanket!
Back to running tomorrow for sure.
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