Today is a day off from running. I might have opted for a bike ride instead, but decided I did need a day to recover. On Saturday, I had run three miles for my fifth day in a row.
Days off are important because your muscles need the time to rest and rebuild. However, I think I've been running enough now that I feel the withdrawals from the endorphin rush caused by not running. I'm feeling run down and sluggish.
My plan is on Monday to start with a 40 minute timed run and slowly work up to being able to run a full hour. By then, I should be able to run five miles.
I understand that for fitness you need only run three miles, three times a week. If you do more than that, you are doing it for other reasons. Sure, my other reason is to lose all the extra weight I'm carrying around. As I increase the times of my runs, the weight should come off. When I get down to a reasonable weight, I may reconsider how much I run.
For now, I'll be running Monday through Friday, then taking a long bike ride on either Saturdays or Sundays.
See you tomorrow. I hope!
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