The importance of listening to your body!

Following on from putting things into perspective for myself, this week I have also learnt about the importance of listening to my body.  So many times I have been warned about making sure I do not have a burn out and to make sure I get that rest I need.  This week I started with the goal in mind of just completing three 6km runs with no pressure on myself.  Well so far I have only completed one of those runs and it will be the only one I do achieve.  Why - because I need to listen to my body.  It is tired.  Like really, really tired!  It's had a feeling it hasn't had for a while.  I know I need to listen to it now.  I still have 5 weeks until Wellington and I am better off to give myself the rest it needs now than to keep on pushing through and going to Wellington very ill prepared and unwell.  To anyone else out there finding they just aren't thinking straight, things aren't working like they normally would or you are just really feeling overwhelmed - take a break.  It just might be the very thing you need!