Running on Rest Days

I personally found this dependent on age. In my teens and 20s I
was only taking two rest days a month. In my 50s I need about six
rest days a month.

Of course Rick is an idiot, so forgive him.

Well I have scheduled runs 4-5 months a year, depending on the days,
which means I don't have any rest days, depending on the leap year.
Often I feel down for a nap during my runs. Expotententially speaking,
this is an improbability whithin the realm of serious hypotenuse.

Ham String said:

I have scheduled runs 4-5 days a week, depending on the week, which means I
have 2 or 3 rest days, depending on the week. Often I feel up for a run on
my rest days, and so I run a shorter distance at a slower rate. Am I
risking injury, or am I getting enough rest by running slower and shorter?

Maybe / maybe not. Only you know the answer as to whether you're getting
enough recovery between runs. Listen to your body.

You may feel fine the day you run on a rest day, and run fine the day
after that, or you may feel like a slug the next day or legs may hurt,
depending on your recovery. If it was a bad decision to run on the rest
day, then you might want to back off on the next run - again, depending
on how you feel. If it worked out well, then remember the conditions
leading up to it.

Your recovery rate may depend on current conditioning (related to volume
/intensity and how long you've been at that volume / intensity), age,
biomechanics, duration and intensity of your other runs, etc. Consider
how running on a rest day progresses you toward your goals - or whether
you're better served by increasing duration or intensity of one of your
other runs. Some people run 7 days / wk, but some run or cross-train 5-6
days/wk. Many, like myself, only run 3 days/wk.

Dot

--
"After 26 hours 38 minutes, we accomplished our mission, and the next
day were fortunate to read about our adventure in the sports section of
the local papers rather than the obituaries."
-Dean Karnazes recounting their running of the WS100 trail in winter.

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I personally found this dependent on age. In my teens and 20s I
was only taking two rest days a month. In my 50s I need about six
rest days a month.

Wait till the 60's. 🙂 Sheehan used to run 10 every other day rather
than 5 a day. Said much better on recovery.

That aside, it's the case of active recovery or not. Try adding one more
SHORT and SLOW day and see the effects. Then again what are your running
goals. Sounds like to want to step it up a notch. Reading all the
redliner weekly workouts? 🙂

-DF

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I have scheduled runs 4-5 days a week, depending on the week, which means I
have 2 or 3 rest days, depending on the week. Often I feel up for a run on
my rest days, and so I run a shorter distance at a slower rate. Am I
risking injury, or am I getting enough rest by running slower and shorter?

You only gain fitness on rest days, exercise in general wears you down. Try
some harder runs once or twice a week, and if you must, do some sort of
cross training on one or two rest days, swimming perhaps...

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I have scheduled runs 4-5 days a week, depending on the week, which means

I

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have 2 or 3 rest days, depending on the week. Often I feel up for a run

on

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my rest days, and so I run a shorter distance at a slower rate. Am I
risking injury, or am I getting enough rest by running slower and shorter?

You only gain fitness on rest days, exercise in general wears you down. Try
some harder runs once or twice a week, and if you must, do some sort of
cross training on one or two rest days, swimming perhaps...

sheer heresy to the red-liners. Constant training load, blah, blah. I,
however, agree with you. Days of complete rest or non-weigh-bearing exercise
are invaluable, particularly for the somewhat older or heavier runner.
Though it might seem fine to run easily on days off, for some there will be
an accumulative stress effect that won't show up for a week or more.

-Tony

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I have scheduled runs 4-5 days a week, depending on the week, which
means I have 2 or 3 rest days, depending on the week. Often I feel
up for a run on my rest days, and so I run a shorter distance at a
slower rate. Am I risking injury, or am I getting enough rest by
running slower and shorter?

You only gain fitness on rest days, exercise in general wears you
down. Try some harder runs once or twice a week, and if you must, do
some sort of cross training on one or two rest days, swimming
perhaps...

sheer heresy to the red-liners. Constant training load, blah, blah. I,
however, agree with you. Days of complete rest or non-weigh-bearing
exercise are invaluable, particularly for the somewhat older or
heavier runner.

Well yes, but it's a bit of a "how long is a piece of string" question. Two
to three rest days per week is almost certainly more than most regular
runners need (although probably not beginners). You don't see the elites
taking this much time off!

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Though it might seem fine to run easily on days off,
for some there will be an accumulative stress effect that won't show
up for a week or more.

I suspect I'll be able to answer this one from first hand experience in the
next week or two. ;-)

Tim

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You only gain fitness on rest days, exercise in general wears you down.

Right.

Try

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some harder runs once or twice a week, and if you must, do some sort of
cross training on one or two rest days, swimming perhaps...

Right. If I find myself feeling too frisky on recovery days, I'll
usually bump up the length of my next run (occasionally intensity, but
usually length).

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sheer heresy to the red-liners. Constant training load, blah, blah. I,
however, agree with you. Days of complete rest or non-weigh-bearing exercise
are invaluable, particularly for the somewhat older or heavier runner.
Though it might seem fine to run easily on days off, for some there will be
an accumulative stress effect that won't show up for a week or more.

Right, but I would think this is where the recovery weeks (or whatever
time unit
you want to use) come in. Stress / recovery is the general mode of training
response but that cycle can be as short as intervals or run /walk
within a run, varying intensity / duration of daily runs, or varying
load over weeks or months. And how the stress is applied (hard running
or run/walk) affects the recovery time. Just depends on what a person is
trying to do.

For *me*, I'm better off extending the next run or long run while I'm
feeling fresh, than I am waiting until a schedule says I'm supposed to
feel that way 😉 If I wait that long, I usually feel like I've been
chained, then the chains get released, then I do something really dumb.
I've had it happen the other way also - recovery was slower than
anticipated, so I back off until I feel ready to push forward again.

Dot

--
"After 26 hours 38 minutes, we accomplished our mission, and the next
day were fortunate to read about our adventure in the sports section of
the local papers rather than the obituaries."
-Dean Karnazes recounting their running of the WS100 trail in winter.

If you run, then it is not a "rest" day. I define a rest day as no activity
that is exertional. That includes cutting the grass, hanging dry wall, etc.

The risk one runs (no pun intended) is not recovering so that long term you
might suffer if you eliminate more rest days.

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Ham String said:

I have scheduled runs 4-5 days a week, depending on the week, which means
I have 2 or 3 rest days, depending on the week. Often I feel up for a
run on my rest days, and so I run a shorter distance at a slower rate.
Am I risking injury, or am I getting enough rest by running slower and
shorter?

Maybe / maybe not. Only you know the answer as to whether you're getting
enough recovery between runs. Listen to your body.

You may feel fine the day you run on a rest day, and run fine the day
after that, or you may feel like a slug the next day or legs may hurt,
depending on your recovery. If it was a bad decision to run on the rest
day, then you might want to back off on the next run - again, depending on
how you feel. If it worked out well, then remember the conditions leading
up to it.

Your recovery rate may depend on current conditioning (related to volume
/intensity and how long you've been at that volume / intensity), age,
biomechanics, duration and intensity of your other runs, etc. Consider how
running on a rest day progresses you toward your goals - or whether you're
better served by increasing duration or intensity of one of your other
runs. Some people run 7 days / wk, but some run or cross-train 5-6
days/wk. Many, like myself, only run 3 days/wk.

Dot

--
"After 26 hours 38 minutes, we accomplished our mission, and the next
day were fortunate to read about our adventure in the sports section of
the local papers rather than the obituaries."
-Dean Karnazes recounting their running of the WS100 trail in winter.

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I have scheduled runs 4-5 days a week, depending on the week, which means
I have 2 or 3 rest days, depending on the week. Often I feel up for a run
on my rest days, and so I run a shorter distance at a slower rate. Am I
risking injury, or am I getting enough rest by running slower and shorter?

You only gain fitness on rest days, exercise in general wears you down.
Try some harder runs once or twice a week, and if you must, do some sort
of cross training on one or two rest days, swimming perhaps...

Then these are not rest days. Cumulative stress counts even if the mode is
different. Glycogen stores are reduced which might make the next training
session of poor quality.

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If you run, then it is not a "rest" day. I define a rest day as no
activity that is exertional. That includes cutting the grass, hanging dry
wall, etc.

exertional?

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The risk one runs (no pun intended) is not recovering so that long term
you might suffer if you eliminate more rest days.

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Ham String said:

I have scheduled runs 4-5 days a week, depending on the week, which
means I have 2 or 3 rest days, depending on the week. Often I feel up
for a run on my rest days, and so I run a shorter distance at a slower
rate. Am I risking injury, or am I getting enough rest by running slower
and shorter?

Maybe / maybe not. Only you know the answer as to whether you're getting
enough recovery between runs. Listen to your body.

You may feel fine the day you run on a rest day, and run fine the day
after that, or you may feel like a slug the next day or legs may hurt,
depending on your recovery. If it was a bad decision to run on the rest
day, then you might want to back off on the next run - again, depending
on how you feel. If it worked out well, then remember the conditions
leading up to it.

Your recovery rate may depend on current conditioning (related to volume
/intensity and how long you've been at that volume / intensity), age,
biomechanics, duration and intensity of your other runs, etc. Consider
how running on a rest day progresses you toward your goals - or whether
you're better served by increasing duration or intensity of one of your
other runs. Some people run 7 days / wk, but some run or cross-train 5-6
days/wk. Many, like myself, only run 3 days/wk.

Dot

--
"After 26 hours 38 minutes, we accomplished our mission, and the next
day were fortunate to read about our adventure in the sports section of
the local papers rather than the obituaries."
-Dean Karnazes recounting their running of the WS100 trail in winter.

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> I have scheduled runs 4-5 days a week, depending on the week, which
> means I have 2 or 3 rest days, depending on the week. Often I feel
> up for a run on my rest days, and so I run a shorter distance at a
> slower rate. Am I risking injury, or am I getting enough rest by
> running slower and shorter?
>

You only gain fitness on rest days, exercise in general wears you
down. Try some harder runs once or twice a week, and if you must, do
some sort of cross training on one or two rest days, swimming
perhaps...

sheer heresy to the red-liners. Constant training load, blah, blah. I,
however, agree with you. Days of complete rest or non-weigh-bearing
exercise are invaluable, particularly for the somewhat older or
heavier runner.

Well yes, but it's a bit of a "how long is a piece of string" question.
Two to three rest days per week is almost certainly more than most regular
runners need (although probably not beginners). You don't see the elites
taking this much time off!

They are elite for a reason. Part of it is the ability to train at a
high volume and high intensity. No one reading this board would be consider
an elite athlete, IMHO.
In fact, when elite athletes take a day off, it is a day off!

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Though it might seem fine to run easily on days off,
for some there will be an accumulative stress effect that won't show
up for a week or more.

I suspect I'll be able to answer this one from first hand experience in
the next week or two. ;-)

Tim

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You only gain fitness on rest days, exercise in general wears you down.

Right.

1/2 right, I'd say. It's a 2-way street, symbiotic 🙂

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Try

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some harder runs once or twice a week, and if you must, do some sort of
cross training on one or two rest days, swimming perhaps...

Right. If I find myself feeling too frisky on recovery days, I'll
usually bump up the length of my next run (occasionally intensity, but
usually length).

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sheer heresy to the red-liners. Constant training load, blah, blah. I,
however, agree with you. Days of complete rest or non-weigh-bearing exercise
are invaluable, particularly for the somewhat older or heavier runner.
Though it might seem fine to run easily on days off, for some there will be
an accumulative stress effect that won't show up for a week or more.

Right, but I would think this is where the recovery weeks (or whatever
time unit
you want to use) come in. Stress / recovery is the general mode of training
response but that cycle can be as short as intervals or run /walk
within a run, varying intensity / duration of daily runs, or varying
load over weeks or months. And how the stress is applied (hard running
or run/walk) affects the recovery time. Just depends on what a person is
trying to do.

For *me*, I'm better off extending the next run or long run while I'm
feeling fresh, than I am waiting until a schedule says I'm supposed to
feel that way 😉 If I wait that long, I usually feel like I've been
chained, then the chains get released, then I do something really dumb.
I've had it happen the other way also - recovery was slower than
anticipated, so I back off until I feel ready to push forward again.

Only problem is many have to fit running into
a predetermined schedule, so you have to run
and rest when the time is allowed for.

AKer's <sigh> are apparently once again the
exception.

Sam said:

If you run, then it is not a "rest" day. I define a rest day as no activity
that is exertional. That includes cutting the grass, hanging dry wall, etc.

The exertion of running vs. mowing the lawn is
the difference between an Indy 500 race car
and poking around the golf course in a cart.
"Rest" means not running, not sitting on your
behind...

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The risk one runs (no pun intended) is not recovering so that long term you
might suffer if you eliminate more rest days.

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Ham String said:

I have scheduled runs 4-5 days a week, depending on the week, which means
I have 2 or 3 rest days, depending on the week. Often I feel up for a
run on my rest days, and so I run a shorter distance at a slower rate.
Am I risking injury, or am I getting enough rest by running slower and
shorter?

Maybe / maybe not. Only you know the answer as to whether you're getting
enough recovery between runs. Listen to your body.

You may feel fine the day you run on a rest day, and run fine the day
after that, or you may feel like a slug the next day or legs may hurt,
depending on your recovery. If it was a bad decision to run on the rest
day, then you might want to back off on the next run - again, depending on
how you feel. If it worked out well, then remember the conditions leading
up to it.

Your recovery rate may depend on current conditioning (related to volume
/intensity and how long you've been at that volume / intensity), age,
biomechanics, duration and intensity of your other runs, etc. Consider how
running on a rest day progresses you toward your goals - or whether you're
better served by increasing duration or intensity of one of your other
runs. Some people run 7 days / wk, but some run or cross-train 5-6
days/wk. Many, like myself, only run 3 days/wk.

Dot

--
"After 26 hours 38 minutes, we accomplished our mission, and the next
day were fortunate to read about our adventure in the sports section of
the local papers rather than the obituaries."
-Dean Karnazes recounting their running of the WS100 trail in winter.

Tom Phillips said:

Dot said:

Tony said:

didgerman wrote in message ...

>You only gain fitness on rest days, exercise in general wears you down.

Right.

1/2 right, I'd say. It's a 2-way street, symbiotic 🙂

ok, ya gotta have the stress to have something to recover from 🙂

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For *me*, I'm better off extending the next run or long run while I'm
feeling fresh, than I am waiting until a schedule says I'm supposed to
feel that way 😉 If I wait that long, I usually feel like I've been
chained, then the chains get released, then I do something really dumb.
I've had it happen the other way also - recovery was slower than
anticipated, so I back off until I feel ready to push forward again.

Only problem is many have to fit running into
a predetermined schedule, so you have to run
and rest when the time is allowed for.

Usually these extensions during the week are on the order of 10-20 min
so it's not that much of a change. I generally don't plan hard days -
some just end up that way owing to trail conditions or whatever. So I'm
not alternating easy/hard in any schedule. ANd I've had a bunch of
evening meetings most weeks since fall, so I get what I can when I can.

If your legs felt like garbage and you were scheduled for a long run,
would you go ahead and do the full long run? or would you listen to your
body and maybe juggle things around and possibly reduce injury risk? I
think the "correct" answer does depend on a person's training and goals.
A newbie is probably better off backing off since their body hasn't
adapted to stress yet. For an experienced runner, this may be the stress
they are looking for (running on tired legs) in their training. Or it
may be an intro to overtraining or injury for them also.

Aside from being new, I've found the snow / ice conditions have a
significant impact on what I can do safely - either because of poor
footing or extra strength needed to slog through mashed potato snow.
Tired muscles are injury prone. There's no way I could run (snowshoes or
not) 2 hr in that early season snow. Even 30 min was hard work for me,
but I got my runs in, although not as long as I would have liked. Hey,
it was strength building 😉 When the footing improved, I got my longer
runs in. I don't think most training schedules are designed for people
that run on snow 6 months of the year 😉 Wasn't it Arthur Newton that
suggested that schedules shouldn't be carved in stone?

The flip side is that it's hard to train for a snowshoe race with no
shoeable snow, and all our ss races so far in 2005 have been cancelled
(hopefully, this weekend will be ok) 🙁 OTOH, I got a leg up on some
longer regular runs for summer buildup when we found some firm, but not
icy, snow on the Iditarod Trail (about 45 min from my house). Because my
volume had been down a little before that, I was able to do long runs on
consecutive weekends - something I've never done before, and I didn't
have any negative repercussions. I took adavantage of decent running
conditions. The next weekend it was warm and sunny = soggy snow, which
hopefully isn't specific for anything I have planned 😉 (although it
might be) The flexibility in my schedule allows me to train more
specifically - IF conditions cooperate. If they don't, I get what I call
"experience" runs 😉

I don't believe in fighting with Mother Nature. She always wins 😉

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AKer's <sigh> are apparently once again the
exception.

Being different is a prerequisite to being Alaskan 🙂

Dot

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"After 26 hours 38 minutes, we accomplished our mission, and the next
day were fortunate to read about our adventure in the sports section of
the local papers rather than the obituaries."
-Dean Karnazes recounting their running of the WS100 trail in winter.

Sam said:

If you run, then it is not a "rest" day. I define a rest day as no activity
that is exertional. That includes cutting the grass, hanging dry wall, etc.

Gee, I wish I could take a real "rest" day 😉

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The risk one runs (no pun intended) is not recovering so that long term you
might suffer if you eliminate more rest days.

But that could be made up during an easy week, if it happened to be the
next week.

For me, I usually refer to them as "non-running" days or "recovery"
days, depending on what I'm actually doing. I've found things work
better for me if I maintain at least light activity (whatever that is)
on most days. For some reason, my feet swell when sitting for long hours
at desk, which is what happens if I'm doing nothing exertional. However,
if I maintain at least some activity, even if 20-30 min of walking or
bike riding, the problem doesn't seem to happen.

As I noted in my other posts, I try to listen to my body as to what I
can handle, and in winter, icy conditions may force a recovery week - or
at least that's the best use of it. I'm more likely to back off in those
conditions if I've had a reasonably satisfying 2-3 wks before that. The
way I'm juggling things now seems to be working better for me than
earlier attempts at schedules. Keep in mind, I usually only run 3
days/wk, but may have 4 or 5 days of reasonable exertion (run,
cross-train, hike, ski, bike), so there's almost always at least 2 days
of negligible to light activity in a week.

With 4 or 5 days of running a week of the OP, then there's less
flexibility. I tend to run longer if the footing's good since it may not
be tomorrow, rather than add a day. The recovery days work well for me.

Dot

--
"After 26 hours 38 minutes, we accomplished our mission, and the next
day were fortunate to read about our adventure in the sports section of
the local papers rather than the obituaries."
-Dean Karnazes recounting their running of the WS100 trail in winter.

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If you run, then it is not a "rest" day. I define a rest day as no
activity that is exertional. That includes cutting the grass, hanging
dry wall, etc.

exertional?

Main Entry: ex·er·tion·al
Pronunciation: ig-'z&rsh(-&😉-n&l
Function: adjective
: precipitated by physical exertion but usually relieved by rest <had a
one-month history of exertional chest pain -J. B. Handler et al>

Okay, so not really the appropriate word in this context.

How about this: I define as a rest day as a day with no activity that
requires anything past a moderate amount of exertion.

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The risk one runs (no pun intended) is not recovering so that long term
you might suffer if you eliminate more rest days.

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Ham String wrote:
> I have scheduled runs 4-5 days a week, depending on the week, which
> means I have 2 or 3 rest days, depending on the week. Often I feel up
> for a run on my rest days, and so I run a shorter distance at a slower
> rate. Am I risking injury, or am I getting enough rest by running
> slower and shorter?

Maybe / maybe not. Only you know the answer as to whether you're getting
enough recovery between runs. Listen to your body.

You may feel fine the day you run on a rest day, and run fine the day
after that, or you may feel like a slug the next day or legs may hurt,
depending on your recovery. If it was a bad decision to run on the rest
day, then you might want to back off on the next run - again, depending
on how you feel. If it worked out well, then remember the conditions
leading up to it.

Your recovery rate may depend on current conditioning (related to volume
/intensity and how long you've been at that volume / intensity), age,
biomechanics, duration and intensity of your other runs, etc. Consider
how running on a rest day progresses you toward your goals - or whether
you're better served by increasing duration or intensity of one of your
other runs. Some people run 7 days / wk, but some run or cross-train 5-6
days/wk. Many, like myself, only run 3 days/wk.

Dot

--
"After 26 hours 38 minutes, we accomplished our mission, and the next
day were fortunate to read about our adventure in the sports section of
the local papers rather than the obituaries."
-Dean Karnazes recounting their running of the WS100 trail in winter.

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Sam said:

If you run, then it is not a "rest" day. I define a rest day as no
activity
that is exertional. That includes cutting the grass, hanging dry wall,
etc.

The exertion of running vs. mowing the lawn is
the difference between an Indy 500 race car
and poking around the golf course in a cart.
"Rest" means not running, not sitting on your
behind...

You have not seen my yard! I had a fellow I was coaching who had one
rest day scheduled a week; his runs after his rest day were never good. It
finally dawned on me to ask what he was doing on this rest day:

1. Cutting his lawn (1/4 acre with a push mower)
2. Gardening (a lot of bending and getting up and down)
3. Running around town doing all the errands he did during the week.
and a littany of other things that left him quite tired.

I had him move some of those things to the easier days so that he did get a
rest day. He was not sitting on his behind the entire day, but at least he
was not expending as much energy as he had been.

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The risk one runs (no pun intended) is not recovering so that long term
you
might suffer if you eliminate more rest days.

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Ham String wrote:
> I have scheduled runs 4-5 days a week, depending on the week, which
> means
> I have 2 or 3 rest days, depending on the week. Often I feel up for a
> run on my rest days, and so I run a shorter distance at a slower rate.
> Am I risking injury, or am I getting enough rest by running slower and
> shorter?

Maybe / maybe not. Only you know the answer as to whether you're
getting
enough recovery between runs. Listen to your body.

You may feel fine the day you run on a rest day, and run fine the day
after that, or you may feel like a slug the next day or legs may hurt,
depending on your recovery. If it was a bad decision to run on the rest
day, then you might want to back off on the next run - again, depending
on
how you feel. If it worked out well, then remember the conditions
leading
up to it.

Your recovery rate may depend on current conditioning (related to
volume
/intensity and how long you've been at that volume / intensity), age,
biomechanics, duration and intensity of your other runs, etc. Consider
how
running on a rest day progresses you toward your goals - or whether
you're
better served by increasing duration or intensity of one of your other
runs. Some people run 7 days / wk, but some run or cross-train 5-6
days/wk. Many, like myself, only run 3 days/wk.

Dot

--
"After 26 hours 38 minutes, we accomplished our mission, and the next
day were fortunate to read about our adventure in the sports section of
the local papers rather than the obituaries."
-Dean Karnazes recounting their running of the WS100 trail in winter.