Is Resting overrated for runners?

Is resting over rated for runners?

The short answer is yes and no.

If it is true in training. It must also be true in over training injury recovery. When ever I say this, most doctors cross their arms.
Some runner scratch their heads. But I really want you to think about this.

Why? Because it's the same process. We are just talking about tissue damage and tissue repair. One is deliberate one is accidental.
My personal belief is that runners have a very
difficult time resting appropriately when they are in training.

When injured runners get over training injuries, they tend to over rest and do something you would never in a million years do in training.

You might have a rest day. But you don't have a rest month.