intelligence of doing nothing

I took 8 weeks off and did nothing. Gained some weight and some sense along the way. First time in many years of doing such a thing.

It was a good thing. all of the years of thinking that if you stop and take a break and do nothing that somehow, you will lose something, was poor thinking on my part. I have run a few days in a row now and feel good. Yes, the legs are sore and the breath a bit short, but who cares. I have been running for 70 minutes at a time with no watch or desire to know distance and such. Its how things should be. Enjoy simple pleasure with no pressure or context. Just be.

Its like re-discovering a lost love; a strange encounter with something intriguing and yet, not entirely new.

Back when I was running hard I should have taken breaks of one to two weeks so as to avoid burnout and injury.

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