The Power of Rest

A few weeks back, maybe a month ago - a few Facebook friends suggested I take a rest because I was overtraining. What!? No flippin' way. I'm on fire, logging the miles, losing the weight - goal in my sights.

The next day I read some running info about the power & necessity of rest AND the risk of injury by overtraining. So I took a few days off. And my next run was better than before. I finally realized why after 3 days off, my runs are always awesome. Because my body is rested and ready.

Today is my 9th day off running (ugh) because of the snow/ice storm that hit here Monday and just melted yesterday. I'll be back in the game on Monday but for now, I'm enjoying the warmth of my house. Had an excellent Thanksgiving at home w/our 5 kiddo's. Enough food for 3 families so plenty of leftovers to go around for days. I hit 11 lbs lost on Thursday morning and the scale today - well let's just say the food did it's work.

Someone asked what rivals being out there on the road and immediately I had to respond that I wouldn't have traded cooking with my family or sledding this week w/the kids. Nor would I trade staying in my flannels all day yesterday during movie marathon with 2 of our 5, for being out on the road running. Also, as I consider how many runners go in the morning and I am just not a morning person, this past week my other half & I have been able to have a few mornings of pillow talk time. Something that used to be a frequent weekend event but now has been lost with the hustle of our busy family of 7. This past week we woke up & instead of rushing out the door, we discussed a number of topics, some serious, some not, laughed, & laughed some more. It was good soul deep reconnecting that rivals the best run out there.

No, I do not lament over 9 days of lost running time while I've been connecting to my family.

But I am, as I type this, feeling a yearning in my legs & feet for the feeling of pavement on Monday.

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Running on Light

Today's Run Like a Mother blog for some reason brought a lump to my throat & tears to my eyes. Running is the one thing I've done for myself and has brought me a tremendous amount of self worth. As a woman that does struggle with depression, is on the go 24/7 with little sleep and a lot of pressure, running is the one place I feel truly good about what I'm doing and it fuels my mental creativity (I've developed alot of things out on the road, created movies, written books, blogged, solved life's problems). My best friend told me today she is in awe of me and I do not know why. Because it's a life of pure survival. Either get up & go or sit down and lose with those around me paying the price.

So I get up, I go - I get up and run. And often, the light of my soul is found there.

There is where I feel "I CAN".