My Wicked Relapse

After training since March and pushing myself well past the limit with the marathon, I decided to take time off.  And by "time off," I mean completely off.  No training, no athletic goal, let my mind and body relax. 

I needed to give my ITB time to heal.  My knees have killed me.  My legs need to finally heal from constantly overlooking recovery for continued training.  My right foot still bothers me at times; that should go away.  I started getting constant shin splints...

That went well for 10 days.  

I've gone without running.  I've only done about 20 minutes of spinning.  But the other day I did my first weight training workout in almost a year.  Then today I did yoga and took a core class. 

I admit it.  I'm addicted.  I love working out!

Can you blame me?

I guess if I can't hold myself to my plan, at least I've finally got the motivation to insert weight training into my regime!  #lookatthepositiveside  #optimism 

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Questions

1.  Do you ever have problems sticking to rest/recovery?
I'm accepting any advice on how to stick to a recovery plan!

2.  What are you addicted to?
Chocolate?  A tv show?  endorphins?



Swim fast.  Bike smart.  Run hard.