Feb 6 & 7 Perfect Your Skills Through Failure-- Boston 2012

"All skills are perfected through the process of failure.  Embrace loss as a  necessary part of improvement".  Feb 6 & 7, 2012 So, lets see what did I learn about my failed run on Sunday?  Well, I think I need  to get better at listening to what my body is telling me.  From the way the rest of Sunday went and the way that I felt on Monday, I needed the day off in the worst way possible.  My level of energy was at an all time low.  I think one of the hardest  things for me to do is recognize that taking a day off or adjusting a schedule  because of the way you feel is ok.(I'm working on this Coach).  There is always another day to run. Monday, I spent most of the day in some comfy sweats and rested.  I gave my  body a chance to recharge and relax.  I didn't know there was so much garbage on TV during the day.  If it only could have been March Madness, then I wouldn't have had any problem sitting still.  I love college basketball almost as much as  running.  I drank lots of liquids, took a nap and went to bed early.  By the end of the evening I was looking forward to starting my workout for the week. Feb. 7, 2012 Today Coach had me scheduled for 2 workouts.  The first was a 9 mile Endurance  Hill run.  There was a lot of race pace sprinting involved with this and I just didn't feel that I was up to a bunch of short hard runs.  Maybe I was a bit gun-shy about  it since this was the last workout I did before I got sick the next day on my run.  I wanted to do the mileage but at a more controlled pace.  I headed to the  Arboretum and ran 9 miles of rolling hills instead.  It took a bit to get my legs moving, but I completed the run without incident and that was a good  confidence booster.   My second workout today was supposed to be a 1 hr 15 min bike ride.  I decided to pass on this and rest instead.  Tomorrow is a big swim workout (2400 yards) and I want to be ready to rock it.  If I have energy after the swim, later on, I will  try and work in the bike workout that I missed today.