I met Matt, Riley, Ken, and Dave at the Dee for a slow slushy run. I needed to recover so I just went a slower pace which really just left Matt and I running by ourselves. Average pace - 8:32
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From Ben VanBeekum on Thu, Jan 07, 2016 at 07:15:01 from 159.212.71.200
Great on ya. That's always one thing that I have a hard time with is listening to my body on recovery days. I always feel I need to run easier than we normally do.
From RileyCook on Thu, Jan 07, 2016 at 08:49:30 from 73.52.134.194
Agree with Ben, it's good for you to go as slow as your body needs to on recovery days. That's where the real improvements happen.
We do a hard workout and tear down our muscles. During recovery we build those muscles back up and hopefully stronger than before. But that process doesn't happen if we go too fast and don't allow the recovery to take place. Going fast just further tears them down. So true improvement happens on the recovery days.
Everyone is always happy to say nice work after a hard workout. But we should also applaud nice slow, easy recovery runs...So great recovery run!
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