Today was all about rest and recovery.  The goal was to help my legs recover, from the hard workouts that I did last weekend.  With good recovery, I should be able to get back to my normal workout schedule tomorrow.

Rest days don’t necessarily mean, that all you do is rest.  Even on rest days, I typically do something to further aid recovery.  Something that I did today, was an ‘active recovery’ bike ride.

First thing this morning, I went down to the basement and got onto my bike.  I put it into an easy gear and started to peddle.  Keeping the power very low, I eventually got into a rhythm.  The only purpose of this ‘workout’ was to get my legs moving.  I needed to move my legs, without using a lot of energy.

I was on the bike for an hour.  At first, my cadence was quite low, but as I warmed up, the cadence got gradually faster.  By the end of the ride, I was spinning away quite freely, but was still only pushing very low power.

Aside from the ride, I have spent time doing some self massage.  I have also worked to stay really hydrated.  I hoping that the combination of these little things, will result in me feeling much better tomorrow morning.