Tuesday Training: Recovery
Happy Tuesday Training, followers! It is a rainy day in Canton but the last few days have been wonderful with sunshine, 50+ degree weather and with the clocks moving forward, we get more daytime to get an evening run in. Speaking of evening runs, this week’s tip for training is all about recovery, incorporating shake out runs and other tips to optimize your full potential. For most of you half marathoners/full marathoners, the upcoming weeks are the most demanding. Volume is pretty high and your body is adapting to the toughest weeks of training. During a training cycle of frequent high intensity racing or training with a heavy proportion of anaerobic/aerobic work, your muscles are at higher risk of injury, breakdown and burnout. This means recovery runs are just as important as the hard days. I am here to tell you recovery isn’t only referring to your runs. As runners, we often dismiss the importance of recovery. I suppose you could say it is in our nature to