This week and next find me engaging in "active rest". For me, that means little to no running but lots of cross training, hiking, stretching and rolling. My body needed a break and was letting me know that if I didn't give it one, it would just take one. So, no running until November 1st. Next week I will also be taking a technology break. No internet, computer, television, etc. It's time to refresh mind and body before I embark on my next phase of base building.
Have you ever taken a break from your workout and/or running routine? How'd it go? Did you have any issues when you restarted?
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I took a little bit of a break this last summer. I'd been building, then holding for a year, so I cut way back to only 3 days/week and low mileage on those days. I did that for 2 months straight after I couldn't figure out why I had lost my excitement for it. I lost some endurance, but it was mentally very much needed. I also really loved introducing xt in the form of regular yoga and biking. I introduced trails which I love, but have hard time finding where I live (that are safe).
If you call being lazy taking a break then I do it all the time.
Actually, life tends to get in the way with me and I find myself pushing running to the back burner and essentially taking a break. Anyway, my "slacking" has created issues with endurance, but otherwise no issues. The endurance did come back faster than starting out brand new though.
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