My break from running was wonderful. I thought about exercising as little as
possible. I watched too much television,
stayed up too late, and didn’t do any cooking.
All things I try to do the opposite of while I’m in training the rest of
the year. The only downside was, since I
took my break much later than usual, I missed two beautiful weeks of fall
running while sitting in my basement. And
I got my wisdom teeth pulled and was on pain medication for the past two
weeks.
Taking some time completely off does not fit in with my
philosophy of living a balanced and disciplined life while growing mentally,
physically, and spiritually. However, I
get so burnt out traveling so often and training and competing at a high level,
letting everything go for a couple weeks is just enough to remind me why I love
working so hard the rest of the year.
After taking my break, I ran a couple week of mileage. The first day I ran around Lake Harriet, and
I do not think I have felt so miserable while running so slow around the lake since
I was a freshman in high school. This
past week I started doing work-outs, and I feel rejuvenated. I’m still not running very fast or particularly
far, but my work-out times are quite a bit faster than where I have been starting
out the past two falls after taking a break.
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