Getting my endurance on

With so many of my peeps injured or on the verge, I am glad that I was blessed with a little patience this off season. I am truly building my endurance engine by taking it slow for the next 3 months.  I can already tell the difference in how my body feels the next day.  Like my coach always said, you should be fresh when coming into a tough workout. If you are always exhausted or have more than a few average workouts each week, then it is my belief you are running hard too often.  At some point you need to get healthy and give your body a break from the year long training.   Yeah, you might get faster, but at what expense? Also, did you get as fast as you could have?   The truth is if you rush your base building you won't benefit at all.  Oh yeah, it's October.  Why are people already hammering?  I don't get it.  They wonder why they are always hurt.