Time for a Rest Week

The 1600 did not go well. About 600m in I knew it was not my day and despite feeling good before the start, I just didn't have it. I haven't really taken a down week since February. I've taken a day off a couple of times but never a week dedicated to resting. So that will be this week. Hopefully I will feel less exhausted and my legs will have a chance to fully recover. I've banked a lot of fitness, I need to give the body some time to absorb it. When I ran my best races, I was consciously taking a down week about every 4th week. That was also when I was running high mileage and the rest felt like it was dropping the mileage.