11/10/10

Relax and Take it Easy

When I woke up I realized it was hard to swallow.  Oh please, tell me I'm not catching my husband's crud!  Hopefully it's just sinus related and I'm not actually getting sick.  I felt slightly better after my coffee so I decided I'd go ahead with today's run. 

My calendar told me that I had 8 miles of hills.  I took it nice and easy and I didn't push it.  The weather was beautiful and it was a perfect 68 degrees with a chill in the wind.  I'm supposed to be running my hills workouts at a 9:58 min/mile but that just didn't feel right to me.  I went with what felt good and I ended up with an average 9:14 min/mile.  Overall, the run felt great.  My throat, however, did not. 

I stretched and showered and was back in my pajamas by 6 p.m.  For dinner I wanted something easy and warm so I made this.

Yum, so good!  I LOVE Amy's products.  They have delicious organic soups and frozen dinners.  I also had some Greek yogurt and almonds.  I'm now sitting on the couch sipping some hot tea with lemon and honey.  I have an apple cinnamon candle lit and I'm about to read a magazine.  I don't plan on leaving my couch for the rest of the night! 

Do we take enough time to relax?  It's hard for us runners to take it easy.  We have an agenda!  We need to take those rest days and recover.  Is it as hard for you to rest as it is for me?

I hope you have a relaxing night,
Leah B.
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9 comments:

  1. ashleyNovember 10, 2010 at 8:47 PM

    I try hard not to view rest as lazy... it's definitely hard. The worst is when I'm driving around on a rest day and see people running! I feel like I should be out there too :)

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  2. ErikaNovember 10, 2010 at 9:24 PM

    resting is super hard...I always want to go, go, go!!

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  3. Pretend this is realNovember 10, 2010 at 10:04 PM

    I find that the one time it IS easy to rest is when I'm sick. Other than that it makes me a little crazy. I hope you feel better!

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  4. MNFireflyNovember 10, 2010 at 10:14 PM

    I hope you feel better soon. I have the same crud. Yuck!

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  5. JNovember 11, 2010 at 6:26 AM

    Hope you are feeling better! I try to take one day off a week from any hard training of XT. It is difficult but it really helps me feel rejuvenated!

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  6. MarkNovember 11, 2010 at 7:33 AM

    I sure hope you get to feeling better....it's taken me a long long time to learn to rest!

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  7. JohannNovember 11, 2010 at 7:57 AM

    Hope you are feeling better already. I never get enough rest or sleep. That's why I never run on Mondays. Even if I miss some other day I won't run Monday. It gives me some rest I need to get through the week.

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  8. Runners FuelNovember 11, 2010 at 10:27 AM

    Whenever I rest, I feel like I should be out there running or doing some sort of cardio. I'm learning that my body does need rest, or I'll break (really break). Rest is a good thing!

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  9. TNTcoach KenNovember 11, 2010 at 10:41 AM

    Husband crud, is that what we have????? ha.. Hope U fell better.

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