This seems to be the hardest thing for me to do!
Hasn’t been difficult for me since July 23rd…
Now if I could only start again…
Don’t take a day off. Just take a day off when life gets in the way of training. If not, train (take it easy when you need to, but a 30 min swim or spin will never kill ya).
Dev
You: Self, i insist you take a day off.
Self: but, i don’t want to!
You: shut up, you wimp
Self: hey, no need to get abusive, i just want to train
You: i’d kick your ass if i weren’t so tired from training 980 days in a row
Self: but you know, we could make it 981…
You: that sounds good. but i’m going to take all of my clothes and throw them in the toilet so i’ll have to go out naked if i decide to train
Self: ok, ok, ok. don’t do that. i like the clothes. today i’ll just go 5 minutes without training. one day at a time.
You: deal. don’t even think about looking at those running shoes.
Self: not even 1 mile? it’ll only take me 6 or 7 minutes. i’ll be back before you know it.
You: nope. today is a day off. i’m going to make you say it Self. (hold clothes over toilet, just for extra measure). Say it! Today is a day off, now say it! (put clothes closer to toilet water)
Self: ok. (sobbing). don’t throw my favorite socks in the toilet. please. i’ll take a day off. (sobbing more and waving white flag)
Drink 30 beers the night before…
Nothing wrong with zero days off, as long as one day a week is veeeeery easy. As Dev said, life will inevitibly get in the way and you will eventually be forced to take a day off.
Stress fracture!
Hear, hear… lately it’s been more a matter of how to convince myself to actually train for a day!
LOL. I LOVE my fellow bottom feeders! Keep up the good work, fellas.
Drink 30 beers the night before…
That works very well!!!
That may just do it! OMG do I hate wet socks!
yeah, running in toilet water socks is the worst.
resting heart rate
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God, all this time and i thought it was just me.
What I did, which I found to be very effective at creating days off:
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Develop a rather severe case of Plantar Fasciitis. This is good for approximately 365 consecutive days off, and should effectively ruin 2 seasons. Just when you start to feel better, and there is a glimmer of hope of salvaging the last race of the season–
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Have a pretty serious bike accident in which you break your tailbone, sprain your back, and acquire nerve damage in your hip/glutes/back. This is good for another (currently >90, but unknown number) days off.
Of course, your mileage may vary.
What I’d give for a day on, and I know that there are folks injured far worse than me.
I’m with you and Target and Snoots et al. Nasty Achilles tendon strain. And now I can barely drag my ass to the pool one day a week. How do I get myself to take a day ON?
You do not become stronger when you train. You only improve your fitness while resting after hard training. Rest is as much a part of training as working out.
If you train every single day, you are not being an athlete but just manifesting some sort of addictive personality defect.
Works for me 
Do like me and make an appointment for a lower GI set. 48 hr fast - I don’t think I’ll be training through that!
Food poisoning for 2 days…that took care of it
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