Unintended No-Workout Day

I crapped out yesterday. 

So what do I do today?  Nothing. 

Today was the start of the final 5 weeks in preparation of RnR, and I layed out an updated plan, only to deviate from it almost immediately by doing...nothing.

I had planned to get over to the gym for a 30 minute swim and then about 45 minutes worth of circuit training.  I purposely wanted to lay off the running and give myself a day to restore and refresh before beginning the week's running workouts.  But I didn't want to take a full day's rest. 

But before I knew it, the lunch period had blown by and the time to leave to pick up the kids from school was on me, and it was all over but the shouting.  I thought about making it up by going for a light run this evening, but I decided to stick with the commitment to rest up.  Psychologically that's hard because I convince myself I'm de-training or that I need the calorie-burn.  I know, rationally, that's silly.  I just need to step back and keep reminding myself.

I have a tough workout scheduled for tomorrow.  Unless I crash-and-burn, that should go a long way to making feel like I'm not get lazy. 

What I really would like here soon is a confidence-boosting successful 20-22 mile long run.  I feel like I'm stuck at that 20 mile boundary.  I can do a half marathon and even 18 miles okay.  But inching up above that has really been a struggle.  Arggh!