Recovery is Hard-January 2, 2012
I just finished the toughest week of CYCLO90 HIT Training System: “Recovery Week”. Maybe a strange thing to say, but I bet the majority of cyclists and other athletes doing your workouts don’t know the benefit of letting your body rest and have a hard time in recovery mode.Let me add a little more credence to what happened to me after a week off. I got back on my bike this past weekend and did my absolute PB on a route I have been riding for thepast 20 years. I have never been able to sustain 26mph by myself for more than a few minutes, yet I kept that pace for three miles and managed to ride 5.5 miles at 24.4 mph. I can’t explain it any other way except that I allowed my body to recover and have reaped the benefits I only dreamed about in the past, but have never been able to achieve. I can’t wait to see what happens in block 2. I will be 62 next year and have never ridden better my entire life.
