So you may be thinking that this post will be about ducks, but actually it has nothing to do with them. And oddly enough, it doesn't have anything to do with geese either. However, it does have something to do with goose eggs, which some runners use as code for those dreadful days where zeros creep into your training schedule. I unfortunately had two such days last week.
When I was a bit younger and running a bit more competitively, zero mileage days would shine like giant beacons of disappoint from my running log. Even with my eyes shut tight I could see them, a constant reminder of the gaping holes I had created in my training. Now, I take them in stride. Perhaps it's age or perhaps it's experience, either way I don't see a problem anymore with taking days off from time to time. Besides, it wasn't laziness or lack of motivation that kept me from running two days in a row (which does happen more then we'd like), but a swelling of my knee and a burning pain in my achilles which came about from probably being a little too ambitious in my pacing on some of my longer runs.
In any case, I took some needed rest, came back at a slower pace, and know that those two gaping holes will quickly be filled in the coming weeks.
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You got it! Maybe when you are in Burlington and my knee feels better I can do some of those miles with ya.
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