I posted last night that this week is a minimum of 20 miles. On Monday I ran 5 and Tuesday I ran 2.8. Today is a rest day. I’m going to run my 10k route tomorrow so I want to let my knees rest a little. Plus today has been very busy with work and errands.
Rest days are just as important as your run days. As long as you have them scheduled in. That’s not an excuse to take most of the week off for recovery as that’s not going to help you get to your half marathon goal. lol I will have only a 1 day rest between running unless I a) run a race or b) do a much longer distance run than my body was ready for. I don’t plan on making any big jumps in distance, so it will most likely be if I need to recover after a run.
Although I have to say that I ran just fine the next day after the Sound to Narrows and my knees were really hurting after that event of nothing but hill climbing. So that said, I guess I’m not going to have a ton of excuse to pull from and YES, please hold me to that.
Even a coach needs a coach 
You can do it!! I love how you laid out a nice clear plan for your training… that is KEY to success!! Keep up the great work. BTW = I too like to run. I coach our Schools ‘Girls on the Run’ 5K team and I am currently training for a 5.5 mile Trail run in the fall.
We did a trail run last fall and will do it again this year. It was a lot of fun. Our youngest ran it too
Trails feel better on my knees than the roads and you can’t beat the scenery around us that’s for sure.
wow that is what i did the other day. ran…until my legs gave out! i loved it. thanks for sharing that with me! keep up the good work.
I never realized rest days were as important as the actuall running days. But after reading, it does make sense, it’s important to not overdue our bodies. Thanks for opeing me up to this idea.
Definitely important to let the muscles heal periodically.