excellent feedback, thanks
it makes sense that the body needs to recover so rest would help that regeneration.
I was surprised since I'd been ill enough I thought my body would have been pretty preoccupied dealing with that...but then the body is a marvel.
no, I won't lay off the harder training just thinking that rest will make me faster
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so should I expect that my average will go back down as I start stressing out my body with the return of the regular workload?
I'm going to go read up more on the periodization.
thanks mucho for the tips.