Rest Days?

"There will be a day when I can no longer [run]...today is NOT that day!"

This is a mantra that a reader sent into Runner's World. I read it and it instantly jumped out at me. It puts rest days into perspective. I'm one of those runners that has to make myself take a day off. Otherwise, I would run every single day. Knowing that rest is good for your body, I know that I SHOULD take rest days...it's just the inner, running dicotomy that is me. This mantra "caters" to my way of thinking. Running everyday isn't bad...cause one day I won't be able to.

I find myself lucky. I've been running for over 15 years and never had an injury.

*knock on wood*

With 15 years already under my belt, I hope that I'll be one of those 60 year olds winning my age group and still going strong. Is this likely? I hope so. But if not, at least I'll know that I ran every day that I could.

So? Take a rest day? Prolly not:) I can rest later.