Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Recovery

Today is a recovery day which means taking it really easy. Stef and I both agreed yesterday that we are over doing the training a little. We rode 33.5 miles Sunday and felt great and then 32.5 miles yesterday and were really dragging. It is very easy to over train when you're biking. Any other sport would give you an injury to signal over-training but cycling is fairly easy on the joints so you tend to suffer from fatigue and even depression before anything starts to hurt.
So, today is a rest day and we begin to reassess our training schedule.

5 comments:

  1. Hooray for the new blog! I love the pic of you with your sporty skirt (wrap?) and bike: you go, Lucy!

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  2. Thanks, Lori. I love those wraps. Bike shorts are just about the single most unflattering article of clothing ever invented. I don't think that anyone needs to see my ass in spandex.

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  3. I wish I'd known about wraps back in the day when I biked a lot. Biking shorts are so comfortable to ride in, but I always felt self-conscious if I stopped somewhere along the way. Wearing spandex while you're biking is one thing; wearing spandex while you're at the library, grocery store, etc. is another. I think a wrap would have solved the problem of comfort vs. modesty.

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  4. The wrap is nice - classy and good style! How about a knit one?!?

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  5. I might knit one for winter but I would be more likely to sew one. I was actually thinking about knitting some arm warmers out of leftover sock yarn. Those come in really handy in spring and fall.

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