Down Time?

I guess it depends how much you beat them up. I know there have been
some rides where my legs needed *several* days to recover from the
damage, though on other occasions I have ridden after abusing my legs
and I feel like they healed through the exercise.

I am not a sports medicine expert.

Traditional training for bike racers is usually to do an easy day
(little or no heavy riding) on the day before a race. This is based on a
6-day training cycle, broken by races every Sunday.

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'The Lance Armstrong Performance Program' (http://tinyurl.com/ahkub)
has an entire chapter on recovery. I couldn't summarize it here, so I
just recommend it. It's not a deep book, but is reasonably easy to read
and learn from. In most places, it's not too difficult to make the
bike-to-uni transition.

One thing in the chapter: it is better to do recovery rides rather than
vegging on the couch. Ride easy, so as not to induce new training, and
ride for 1/2 - 2 hours. The number of days of recovery depends on how
long you were above "lactate threshold", which is basically how badly
did your legs burn, and for how long. The recovery rides speed your
body's recovery by improving circulation, relaxing you, circulating
nutirents, etc.

The book goes more into recovery, so I hope that whets your appetite.

I bought it through amazon.com.

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U-Turn said:

*One thing in the chapter: it is better to do recovery rides rather
than vegging on the couch. Ride easy, so as not to induce new
training, and ride for 1/2 - 2 hours. *

A 2 hour recovery ride!:eek:

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As you know I do about 5-8 miles a day. Both on road and Muni. Some days
I do all out Muni rides for 8-12 miles which beat on my legs. I deal
with the recovery by lettting my legs tell me how hard to ride the next
time. Your legs know best. Let them tell you if its the right time to
ride hard or not. Being your not looking to build muscle your not
looking for the same recovery time necessary for muscle growth.

Now, Are you comming to this Saturdays Long Island Muni ride?
Have Fun

Adam

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