{"id":461,"date":"2014-07-20T14:04:00","date_gmt":"2014-07-20T18:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mikaelstaer.com\/clients\/cbeals\/dev\/?p=461"},"modified":"2015-06-09T06:24:48","modified_gmt":"2015-06-09T10:24:48","slug":"a-rest-rust-buster-at-msc-belwood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mikaelstaer.com\/clients\/cbeals\/dev\/2014\/07\/a-rest-rust-buster-at-msc-belwood\/","title":{"rendered":"A Rest & a Rust-Buster at MSC Belwood"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ten days. Ten whole days of rest. That was my coaches’ prescription after concluding the first phase of my season at Challenge St. Andrews<\/a> on July 6th. I tried to bargain them down to a few days, or wheedle a couple extra workouts, but they would hear nothing of it.<\/p>\n

I have big plans for the fall, so resting up and\u00a0getting 100% healthy<\/a>\u00a0now is a smart move. Even so, for an ex-compulsive exerciser who averaged a few off days per year<\/i>\u00a0for the better part of a decade, 10 days of downtime sounded like a life sentence.<\/p>\n

As a concession to my sanity, I was permitted to do a token amount of light exercise every other day. The lifeguards at my pool were bemused by my sudden switch to 15 minute swims. Otherwise, I made it my mission to unplug from triathlon, physically and mentally. Here’s how I made out:<\/p>\n

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Mid-season break day #2: Feeling restless. Going high speed grocery shopping to get a “workout” \ud83d\ude42 #getouttheway<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Cody Beals (@CFBeals) July 8, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n