Way back in my streak, I'd do a "rest day mile" occasionally to preserve the streak and give my legs a rest, but it's been months since I did that now.
But I do take easier days when I feel I need to, which usually means trails instead of road, although because of where I live that usually means hills and there's nothing flat around here.
Today is one of those days. Over the last three weeks my mileage has been 70, 75 and 80 after usually hovering around the 50 mile/week mark. I'm feeling a bit weary so I'll take the dog out over the Downs and take it very easy indeed, both in terms of distance and pace.
I'm ahead of schedule to complete "2,020 miles in 2020" this month - it was 297 miles in 30 days, now down to 63 miles in 8 days - so I can afford a day or two of relative rest.
The motivation now, 297 days in, is just to keep going. To complete a year is now the obvious target, but I know it will then grate that it wasn't a calendar year - I had an achilles injury at the beginning of the year, so my streak started on 31st January.
Beyond that, though, it's just about getting out, and although I do a few times a day with the dog for walks anyway, I enjoy running so much I'm doing it because I can.
I'm a firm advocate in this phrase: "Don't run because you should, run because you can". I also think back to this brief encounter >>> https://medium.com/@darrenmckay/those-who-can-should-7d9b4f5cd0e7
