Rest Day=Progression?

Even Ryan Hall says that the hardest part of training is REST.  I got to the point of wobbly legs today so I took a day off.  I wish that meant I stayed in bed all day reading.  I cleaned my house, did about 3 loads of laundry, mopped my floors and made a big dinner for the missionaries.  So rest day meant no workout--but not no work.

Resting is not my forte.  I have to learn the same lesson over and over.  I guess I can't accept the fact that I need to temper my efforts.  I want to go hard all the time so I can get better faster.  But it doesn't always work that way.  It is hard to keep the balance between pushing myself hard enough to improve without pushing myself so hard that I physically break down.  I realize that I have to figure it out and be more willing to listen to my body and the signals it's giving me.  I need to be more humble and teachable in order to hear and follow through.  Sound familiar?  Still, it sucks to hold back.  It's against everything that makes me tick.

My friend Carrie hit it square on the head with her thought,

"It (going hard) becomes such a part of you that mentally holding back feels like a failure instead of a progression."

What she said made me realize why I don't listen when my body is saying "I need a rest day".  It feels like I am failing in some way.  So, mind shift here...REST IS PART OF THE PROGRESSION!
Thanks Carrie for that wise insight!  It was profound girl!