Two four letter words, neither good, which one is right?

BIKE COMMUTE 9.4 miles

Two competing four letter words: Lazy and Rest. Let's see if I can come up with a positive one when I'm done here.

I woke up with a tired back, the whole thing. An hour of swimming Monday, an hour brick yesterday with PT, and level-ups in PT too. Were I to guess, that combination left me feeling the effects.

So I skipped the morning swim, telling myself that there's no need to further fatigue the system. No need to go in with bad form while I'm still rewiring for good form. I planned out a long workout last night, I tried to tell myself that I could do a short swim and save the long one for Friday. Not like "only" 30 minutes is a sin or something.

But I skipped entirely. Leaving me to ponder if I should swim Thursday and Saturday? Only Friday? Friday and Saturday? I'm leaving for home tomorrow afternoon (Thursday) and had planned to swim Friday morning while the family was busy and before I pick up kids from school. Short swim tomorrow and long one Friday? I know I won't get to the gym Saturday, that never works out.

But back to my main topic. In my commute, I wondered: was I resting or being lazy? Am I using the excuse of "I need to heal" and "I need to build" and "I'm not training for a race yet" to skip when I don't feel like doing something?

Or am I paying attention to how I feel, taking it smart and cautious while I rebuild, avoiding burnout in the first weeks back on the warpath?

A really good criteria might be: would I have skipped a run? Hmmm...

I don't have a better four letter word yet.