The Workout Of The Day for Monday, 10.4.10 – “…and on the 7th”
Howdy folks,
I hope the weekend went well for ya’all, and you’re ready to take it a little bit easy today… ’cause that’s what we’re doing today, we’re going for a nice, relaxing…
Recovery Ride.
Get on your bike. Roll out into the street, and just spin around for an hour.
Really small gear, no hard efforts – heck, no medium effort. Spin. You’re looking to move your legs around in circles, almost like there is no chain on the bike. The idea is to get your body moving, flush the systems out, and speed your recovery.
When you do your recovery ride -if you have the time- just get out and spin aimlessly. At a certain point, your legs suddenly feel better. Sometimes this takes 1/2 an hour, sometimes it takes 2 hours. After a while, when you get used to having the recovery ride as part of your routine, you know it when you feel it.
As soon as that happens, turn around, go home, eat, stretch, and put your legs up.
Don’t forget to do some core work today, if you can’t force yourself to stuff it into your schedule later in the week!
Did you make some mental notes of what went well & not so well in the race(s) this weekend? Great! Now write them down! Pay particular attention to the things you’re going to want to work on in your Skills Practice on Wednesday…
Enjoy the easy day!
M
PS – I’m off to Kona to work the Ironman Expo tent for the fine folks at Lemond Fitness. If you’re going to be there, stop by and say “Hi.” I will do my best to keep the workouts coming on schedule, but apologies and excuses in advance if I can’t 😦
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