The Cyclocross Workout Of The Day for Monday, 9.26.11. – “Freezin’ out the Chillins”
Howdy folks!
First of all, thanks to the people who said “hi” at the races this weekend, and gave me feedback on the blog. It’s always great to hear from you and meet you in person. Your kind words keep this thing going..
A special word of congratulations to Zach McDonald who bounced back from a rough finish on Saturday to win the U-23 race at the Planet Bike Cup on Sunday, and to Beth Griffith, who won the Elite race in the Seattle-metro series on Sunday, proving that us old folks can still put the hurt on the kids every once in a while…
Anyways…
…on with today’s workout.
It’s Monday, and that means it’s time for a…
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.
– As soon as that happens, turn around, go home, eat, stretch, and put your legs up.
Relax.
Or, well…try to.
Work/life/etc. have a tendency to make that difficult, eh?
Hey… maybe get some core work in today, too. Check out this and this here…
Yes, I know I’ve been promising a full length article on core work for ages now (and thanks to the people who reminded me about that this week!) I will get to it, I promise.
Eventually…
have fun,
M
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