Rest days are magical

[woowoo]

Three week into half Ironman training (I'm training with a group and a coach this summer so I've got a pretty rigid training plan) and Fridays are our one rest day each week.

Fridays are magical.  I slept until 6:30 am and it felt like I had slept all day!

[wambam]

Rest days are completely necessary and if anyone tried to tell you they aren't, they're wrong.

[mrshandy]

Friday as a rest day is the best! Although I still can't sleep to 6:30 since I have to go to work and be up at 5:45.

[Susie]

My plan does Mondays as rest days, and it feels really anticlimactic, like kind of a waste of a rest day but after long workouts on Sat & Sun it sure is welcome. I wouldn't be worth much if I tried to workout Monday anyway.

[boston340]

I saw a quote on Twitter earlier this week about counting a rest day as a "training day" since they are such an integral part of the training process.

[Susie]

[woowoo]

May 2, 2014 9:14:05 GMT -5 Susie said:

LoL...this is so true.

[taratru]

I purposefully make Friday my rest day always. I look forward to it ALL DAY.

[CallingAllAngels]

May 2, 2014 22:37:40 GMT -5 taratru said:

I purposefully make Friday my rest day always. I look forward to it ALL DAY.

Same here. I had to skip my swim Monday and thought about making it up on Friday. Nope. Friday is Rest Day.

[trigal]

May 2, 2014 7:47:12 GMT -5 Susie said:

My plan does Mondays as rest days, and it feels really anticlimactic, like kind of a waste of a rest day but after long workouts on Sat & Sun it sure is welcome. I wouldn't be worth much if I tried to workout Monday anyway.

This!