40 min. recovery run. This is not to be mistaken for an easy run. A recovery run is different from a base or easy run. By Monday I've run a lot of days consecutively and my legs are generally pretty tired which means I need to be very careful. I generally refer to every Monday run as the "red zone" run meaning I better absolutely listen to my body and keep this run very easy at a steady and very comfortable pace in order to avoid injury. Even though I may feel fine mentally, I know I'm not fine physically. By this time, my body is still in complete repair mode.
So why do I run in this condition? Because it's a great time to focus on form and it teaches my body to respond to fatigue which can be useful mentally and physically during a race. However, this is where many runners get injured because it's a very short road to "too much too soon," so I keep this recovery run pretty short (generally less than 45 min.) and if I fee like I'm starting to run faster than I should, I immediately revert to a shuffle and slow everything back down.
HHH
Hi Harry, great to see you training so strong! What is your shoe of choice for the recovery run? ;-)
ReplyDeleteHey, how is it going?
ReplyDeleteI do most of my running, including interval, tempo, long and recovery runs in Nike Air Zoom Streak XC's. I use MWU3's for racing but seldom use them for regular runs. I'll also use the Evo for foot strengthening.
The Nike XC is a well kept secret. It's one of Nike's most popular running shoes among collegiate runners and I now see elite half and full marathoners using the shoe. But for recreational runners like us, Nike doesn't promote it because it's there most minimalist running shoe and it's too cheap (under $50) and it's durable. They'd prefer we buy the $100 shoes.
HHH