Time out

 Taking a week or so off to spend time with family and just relaxing, having a sofa day and being what I feel is lazy can be the best thing. I am not very good at allowing self to do nothing, other than everyday life things of course, but I am also aware of how many of us are perhaps addicted to training and exercise. How can that be a bad thing I hear you say? When you can't be happy without it and it becomes the only thing you think of and when even after a week of training that most people don't do in a few months, it is. I am having to work hard to appreciate recovery and rest as PART of my training and not view it as a negative thing but it isn't easy. Especially when I am terrible at comparing myself to other runners that so often have an obsessive approach. I am trying to learn to listen to my body more, put in the work but put in the rest too. I want my body to carry me a long way, not only on the days of the event but leading up to it so I am sure it deserves some respect?