The Bike Commute as Your Recovery Ride
Friday, August 7, 2009 at 11:12AM You should have hard days and easy days. The easy days act as recovery
so you can attack your hard days even better. There is nothing
better to help flush the crud out of your legs from a hard bike or run
like a nice, gentle bike ride.
Bike commuting to work or to run errands does a great job of this. The
average commuter only rides about 12 mph because of all the traffic.
You also slow your pace down so you don't arrive drenched in sweat.
If you go easy and enjoy yourself, you'll find that much of the
soreness you previously had is gone. Coach Mike Ricci (and myself)
recommended an easy bike ride for an hour at the end of hard training
weeks to aid recovery. I did it and it works.
Most of us are hard-pressed for time and should always look for ways
to improve time management. A great idea is to treat your commute as
recovery, bike harder on your other rides, and spend your saved gas
money on the stuff that matters - more tri gear!
Reader Comments (1)
Always wondered about this. I commute 5 days a week 12miles to and from work. Sometimes I think I am over training on the bike.