{"id":4821,"date":"2016-12-20T09:21:41","date_gmt":"2016-12-20T14:21:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/?p=4821"},"modified":"2016-12-20T09:21:44","modified_gmt":"2016-12-20T14:21:44","slug":"everyone-needs-break-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/2016\/12\/20\/everyone-needs-break-right\/","title":{"rendered":"Everyone Needs a Break, Right?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_4822\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4822\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/slug_1482242518.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4822\" src=\"http:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/slug_1482242518-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"http:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/slug_1482242518-300x201.jpg 300w, http:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/slug_1482242518.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4822\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/users\/brenkee\/\">brenkee<\/a> \/ Pixabay<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I feel like December has been a total wash in terms of fitness. I ran a half marathon in late November, then went on vacation. Came back and went straight into rehearsals for our holiday concerts. All totally worth it, but I was starting to feel like a slug. (The gross congestion that has lingered all month thanks to the dry air isn&#8217;t helping the slug feeling either.)<\/p>\n<p>So this past week, I wanted to get back on track. Turns out that jumping right back in after a few weeks off and still dealing with a lingering cough doesn&#8217;t work out so well. And then comes Christmas vacation, where I will get in some workouts but inevitably miss some as well. However, after Christmas, it&#8217;s on. Not after New Years. I&#8217;m not waiting that long. I need to get back to it. Race season is coming soon and I always feel better while training. Also, I have put on a few pounds since my half IM and I would like those to go away again, please and thank you.<\/p>\n<p>Mostly, I&#8217;m just feeling the need to get back into a routine of working out, eating well, and tying to get enough sleep. I&#8217;m never perfect, but I feel so much better when I try.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I feel like December has been a total wash in terms of fitness. I ran a half marathon in late November, then went on vacation. Came back and went straight into rehearsals for our holiday concerts. All totally worth it, but I was starting to feel like a slug. 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