Every training manual, every magazine and every runner will tell you that sometimes you have a take a day off.
Since I am just getting back into the thick of things, I planned to run short distances every day this week but last night I woke up with a monster headache and after tossing and turning and finally going back to sleep, I woke up this morning with the same monster headache and his mother too. Pounding headache, muscle aches, cramps, nausea, eye strain, all of it. I don't like to take medication, at least not until I've tried and exhausted my personal 4-point remedy: hydration, massage, exercise and rest. So I flushed my system with water, lots and lots of water, I stretched, I massaged all the pressure points on my feet, my neck, I rubbed my own back, massaged my scalp, had some fruit, but nothing was working. Finally, I decided maybe all I need is some good old fashioned rest.
So today, I decided to bypass the running shoes and the sweats and find my cheetah-print Snuggie, power up the Netflix and just... REST!
Since I am just getting back into the thick of things, I planned to run short distances every day this week but last night I woke up with a monster headache and after tossing and turning and finally going back to sleep, I woke up this morning with the same monster headache and his mother too. Pounding headache, muscle aches, cramps, nausea, eye strain, all of it. I don't like to take medication, at least not until I've tried and exhausted my personal 4-point remedy: hydration, massage, exercise and rest. So I flushed my system with water, lots and lots of water, I stretched, I massaged all the pressure points on my feet, my neck, I rubbed my own back, massaged my scalp, had some fruit, but nothing was working. Finally, I decided maybe all I need is some good old fashioned rest.
So today, I decided to bypass the running shoes and the sweats and find my cheetah-print Snuggie, power up the Netflix and just... REST!