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Howdy folks,

So, hey… very few of you are probably racing this weekend; there just aren’t that many races going down. If you’re reading this, though, that probably means you’re still in training, which means you’re likely going to Nationals, which means you’re still getting after it pretty hard.

All of which means?

You’re going to want to put some serious work in this weekend.

With all the holiday insanity this coming week, odds are training is going to be a bit hampered, so I’m going to suggest banking some hard time tomorrow and the next day. That way, all the eggnog will be “recovery” drink, or at least that’s what you can tell yourself.

So, tomorrow is going to be pretty damn hard.

Make today a lot less so, go for a…

One to Two Hour Moderate Ride –

Get on your bike.

Go ride for an hour or two.

No hard efforts, but do throw in a couple of moderate ones. By moderate, I mean just that. You can sprint for the town line, but you should be laughing while you do it.

You’re not doing a recovery spin, so you need to put a little bit of gas into the pedals… just don’t go out and kill yourself.

Check out the view, smell the flowers, just do it while you’re putting a little bit of effort into the pedals.

1 notch above a recovery ride.

Make sense?

Have fun,

M

~ by crosssports on December 19, 2014.

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