Rest Days Are So Important Today is my much-needed rest day. Definitely enjoying the break from workouts both physically and mentally. However, I won't lie, a run was every so slightly tempting because we had a cold front move through. Temps have gone from 90's at the beginning of the week to a high of 75 today! But, I'll save the run for tomorrow instead. This sort of brings me to a post that I really agree strongly with. My friend Jess at EatDrinkBreatheSweat wrote a great post yesterday called (run)Streaking . Basically, it addresses everyone jumping on the run streak bandwagon - the latest is actually being encouraged by Runner's World. I have been down the path of over-training syndrome. I don't just mean working out too hard and over-use injuries. I mean flat out over-training to the point of depression, utter fatigue, but still pushing harder. Never resting. It was a very vicious mental cycle I had to over come. I vowed never ever to do that aga...
Finding my happy place in the day-to-day.