Recovery

It's the name of the game right?

It always seems tough having to concede a workout to recovery. Saying to yourself "No, I shouldn't run today, I should just sleep" sounds like you're giving in. And some times it probably is.

Today I think it was the right call, I didn't get to sleep until 9:20am so should I have gotten up at 3:00pm to squeeze in a run before heading back to work? Or was it smarter to let my body catch up with the world and bump the run to tomorrow?

Here's my logic: there was pretty much no way I was going to get a quality workout in this afternoon, but tomorrow evening when I don't have to go back to work there's a good chance that I could end up having a good quality run.

Actually, now that I think about it (still a bit sleepy, see) maybe it's just that I need to plan my schedule out a bit better and not put any workouts on the day between night shifts. Hrm.

Anyway, to recap: recovery is super important, allowing flexibility in your planning -- equally so.