Rest.

I'm glad Merrill brought up rest, because that's essentially what I've been doing this week. While my plan was to "officially" start CFE this week, I finally caught the kids' cold that had been floating around for a couple months, started off the week with little sleep and compounded that with a 10:30 p.m. soccer game start.

I took the CFE course while I was training the last time, and while MacKenzie hammered home skills and drills, lifting and fast endurance work, he also tried to make sure the audience understood the importance of rest. And I didn't want to start this whole CFE training thing in a deficit.

And Merrill, if rest was such a bad thing, why would everyone who trains via conventional wisdom, taper the week before a race? Shouldn't you be putting in your long runs, because OH MY GOD you're losing your endurance!!!!

See, unlike Merrill, who's an OCD-slave to the grind, I'm smart.

Or lazy.

So today, I just did some mobility work (I'm sore as bleep from the Birthday WOD the other day), and worked in about 20 minutes of running drills, which CFE has added to the daily protocol at www.crossfitendurance.com.