Hi all, welcome back!
One of the most important things in getting fitter is not the amount of hours you actually train, but moreso the lifestyle you adapt on the moments you don't train.
For me, as a marathon runner, the training hours are the easy part. You can focus on one thing and you know that in 95% of the time your efforts are directly correlated to your performance.
Where I am still learning is on the even more important aspects of training, the healthy lifestyle and having sufficiënt rest. In specific the resting part is not something I have learned as a kid. I learned that if something doesn't work, you have to put in more effort - and in fact most of the times that is the case, but not always.
If you really have given real effort, it is time to rest rebuild and get stronger. This goes for sports but is also true for everyday life, it is just not possible to perform at your very best all the time.
Today my watch suggested to take a resting day as I just finished 2 peak weeks (including a 30km run yesterday). It felt uncomfortable to take that advice as I also feel some pressure from the upcoming marathon (9th of feb) to be fully prepared. Instincly I would prefer to sneek in another recovery run rather than a complete resting day but I know rest and recovery is most important right now.
My resting & recovery tactics are:
- Hot baths (with Epson Salt)
- Meditation music ... just put on a noice canceling headphone and listen 2-3 hours to meditation or yoga music (I love the channel "Meditation self" on spotify.
- Treating injuries (blisters, nails, craft marks) - Body Glide is king in this regards!
- Drink! Drink loads of water - after last 2 weeks I add in some electrolytes every 3 hours. Or sometimes even ORS just to recover.
How do you incorporate resting in your every day schedule?
Hive Power Up Month Day 20 - #PUM
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