TriVeggies

As I type this, I’m recovering nicely from yesterday’s Rock n Roll DC Half-Marathon! It was a great day on the course and I’ll tell you all about it in a race report later in the new week. But for now, I’ll just say I felt great for the vast majority of the race and was able to finish strong. I can’t think of anything better than that!

Blessedly, TriDot has given me a recovery week this week, which I couldn’t be more grateful for as stairs are, frankly, still an issue around here. Here’s what we’ve got cooking.

Monday: We start the week with a 45-minute recovery swim, which is basically just “splashing around in the pool” as I like to say. All Zone 2 effort, with a mix of freestyle, kick, fins, drills, you name it. Just a nice way to loosen up the muscles a bit with no impact.

Tuesday: I’ll knock out an hourlong recovery ride with my dad on Zwift! He was away for work last week (visiting my area, actually, so I did get to see him!) so it will be nice to be back together on the virtual roads. 🙂

Wednesday: By midweek, I’ll lace up my running shoes for the first time since the race and do a 45-minute recovery run, all in Zone 2. Sounds good to me!

Thursday: An easy ride cometh on Thursday! To be perfectly honest, looking at the two rides this week I’m not quite sure what makes one “recovery” and the other “easy” but who cares, I’m here for it.

Friday: A 50-minute smooth swim is on the docket for Friday, which will have a touch more get-up-and-go than the Monday workout. Later in the day I’m eager to get to a Restore class at Row House, for I could stand some restoration.

Saturday: A 1:15 recovery ride is on the docket for Saturday, but if the weather is nice I’ll join the bike club for a ride to visit the cherry blossoms. That feels like a good recovery to me!

Sunday: We’ll finish up the week with a 50-minute recovery run. In looking at future weeks, those long runs will start ticking back up shortly, and I can’t wait!

Have a good week, friends!