Rest Days

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The general wisdom is that after a race, you should rest one day for every mile raced.

I know of no runners who do this.  Rest for 26 days after a marathon?  I know marathoners who are already running their next race in those 26 days!

But I do try to at least take a few days off.  However, I have no idea how that applies to triathlons.  Clearly, it’s not per mile, or Ironman finishers would be taking months off.  So I’m taking a few days and then going back to swim practice tomorrow night.

I admit, some of this is just due to life being busy.  Tonight, we’re going to see Spirit of the Marathon II, which I’m super excited about.  And I just couldn’t bring myself to get up early to run.  I’m sure after watching the movie, I’ll want to jump right back into training.

I’m enjoying the fact that my summer is relatively race free and that I don’t have to worry about running a half marathon until sometime in September.  While I enjoy the crowded race schedule, sometimes, it’s nice to have the flexibility to slow down a bit.  I’m looking forward to a few lazy weekends at home (note – by lazy, I still mean that I will be doing both a long bike and a long run) and being able to get my house back into order.  I have this giant list of home improvement projects that I never find time to get to.

But for now, it’s about rest.  Tonight, I might sit on the couch and watch tv.  I can’t tell you the last time I did that.  But I am painfully behind in Game of Thrones (I’ve read the books, so I knew the “big” plot twist that was going to happen), and you know, cleaning off the DVR does count as cleaning, after all.  It’s productive!