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Recovery is discipline, not excuse.

Recovery is discipline, not excuse.

In the world of today's runners....Sometimes we often give value to people who practice hard.

People who get up early.

People who run every day

People who can drag long

The man rehearsed the interval until exhausted. The show paced quickly.

Someone who never misses a rehearsal schedule.

But maybe what many runners overlook is....

A break requires no discipline.

Because a break is not a stop to development.

A break is a moment when the body is converting "fatigue" into "strength."

We didn't get stronger when we were practicing the hardest.

But we got stronger after the body recovered from that rehearsal.

Rehearsal is to stress the body.

Recovery is the process by which the body repairs, adapts and elevates itself.

If only stress but no recovery.

The result may not be fitness, but it may be chronic fatigue, sore, fall form, or burn out.

The problem is that many runners are not afraid of hard practice.

But afraid of "staying."

Rest and feel guilty.

Rest and fear of being fit

Rest and fear of others overtaking

Rest and feel like I'm undisciplined.

Neither may the truth be the opposite.

Sometimes the most disciplined people

Not the one who forced out to run with the body broken.

But those who dare to stop on the day they should stop

Dare to run lightly on days that should be light

Dare to sleep enough

Dare to eat enough

And dare to listen to our bodies before our bodies force us to stop.

Recovery doesn't mean no.

Recovery is part of the taking.

If we're serious about running long, we have to be serious about recovery.

Because the goal isn't just to rehearse hard this week.

But it will run well next month, next year and for years to come.

Good runners don't measure who is better at fighting.

But the measure that anyone understands their body more

Some days discipline is to go out to practice.

Some days the discipline is to run slower.

Some days the discipline is not to run at all.

And that's not weakness.

But it is the intelligence of runners who want to stay with this sport for a long time.

Don't use the word "use your heart to fight" to physically harm yourself.

Don't use the word "disciplined" to deny fatigue signs.

And don't use the rehearsal schedule as a reason not to listen to yourself.

Because in the end....

Good rehearsals are not physical breakdowns.

But to create stronger body conditions.

Recovery is therefore not a lazy man's excuse.

But it is the discipline of people who understand growth.

Train hard.

Recover harder.

Run longer.

# jayrunsth # Running # Run # Run # Exercise

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