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You see people posting all the time about their run streaks – they make it a goal to run at least a mile every single day.\u00a0 They tally their running streaks – aiming for 100 days or 1000 days or simply aiming to never break their streak.\u00a0 Now, in a perfect world, this would be fine.<\/p>\n

I hate to break it to you, but we don’t live in a perfect world.\u00a0 Life happens.\u00a0 We get sick.\u00a0 We get injured.\u00a0 And you know what you should do when you’re sick or injured? Rest.<\/p>\n

And yet people proudly proclaim how even though their knee really hurt or they had a fever of 102 degrees, they still managed to keep up their run streak.\u00a0 This is not something to be proud of.\u00a0 I’ve seen people talking about running through major injury, against doctor’s orders.\u00a0 Just because they want to keep up their streak.<\/p>\n

For some, the argument is “If I break my streak, it’s over and I won’t go back out for a run.”\u00a0 And on some level I understand that.\u00a0 But maybe it’s time to find something different to motivate you.\u00a0 Maybe instead of a run streak, you make it a goal to do something active every day. If you have a sick day or an injured day, maybe you do some easy stretching or some very gentle yoga.\u00a0 You’re moving your body but not putting yourself at risk.<\/p>\n

On Twitter, you will see the hashtag #restdaybrags.\u00a0 I love this hashtag.\u00a0 It was created to counter the run streak and to emphasize that rest days are good.\u00a0 Resting is good for your body. Recovery is a huge element in training, one I think too many people ignore.<\/p>\n

I admit, I don’t love when I miss a workout either because I’m sick or injured or plain exhausted.\u00a0 But listening to my body is a hugely important part of my racing plan.<\/p>\n

I’m sure a number of my friends will disagree with this post.\u00a0 I’m sure that there are plenty of people who have seen quality results from run streaking.\u00a0 But there are plenty of people who have run through illness and injury as well.<\/p>\n

While I think everyone should take rest days, if you’re absolutely stuck on the run streak, maybe you shorten the interval.\u00a0 Instead of just going for the maximum number of days, how about a 10 day run streak?\u00a0 You aim to accumulate 10 day run streaks.\u00a0 So the 11th day starts a new streak.\u00a0 Or maybe you take a rest day and start over.\u00a0 This way, if on day 4, you’re sick in bed, no big deal, just take a rest day and start the ten day streak over.\u00a0 You can still count the streaks.\u00a0 “I’ve done 50 10 day run streaks!”\u00a0 But you are also allowing yourself to listen to your body.<\/p>\n

I think most runners have heard from non-runners “Why do you do that? You’re going to destroy your body.”\u00a0 And we all deny that and talk about how running has made us healthier.\u00a0 But if we don’t listen to our bodies, those non-runners are going to be right.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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