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The general wisdom is that after a race, you should rest one day for every mile raced.<\/p>\n

I know of no runners who do this.\u00a0 Rest for 26 days after a marathon?\u00a0 I know marathoners who are already running their next race in those 26 days!<\/p>\n

But I do try to at least take a few days off.\u00a0 However, I have no idea how that applies to triathlons.\u00a0 Clearly, it’s not per mile, or Ironman finishers would be taking months off.\u00a0 So I’m taking a few days and then going back to swim practice tomorrow night.<\/p>\n

I admit, some of this is just due to life being busy.\u00a0 Tonight, we’re going to see Spirit of the Marathon II, which I’m super excited about.\u00a0 And I just couldn’t bring myself to get up early to run.\u00a0 I’m sure after watching the movie, I’ll want to jump right back into training.<\/p>\n

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.\u00a0 While I enjoy the crowded race schedule, sometimes, it’s nice to have the flexibility to slow down a bit.\u00a0 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.\u00a0 I have this giant list of home improvement projects that I never find time to get to.<\/p>\n

But for now, it’s about rest.\u00a0 Tonight, I might sit on the couch and watch tv.\u00a0 I can’t tell you the last time I did that.\u00a0 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.\u00a0 It’s productive!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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