Resting - The Other Side of Training

Monday's are my rest day from a week's worth of training. The aging body needs a reprive to rebuild and restore which means I need a lot of rest.

If you have a standard life of work, family and training, here are some thoughts. If you're not in that life cycle yet, you should be out training.

Pick a day that's filled with life's clutter, but one that doesn't leave you on your feet a lot. My Monday's are often filled with a lot of seat time anyway, working behind a desk, sitting through the company lunch meeting, hanging with the family reading after work and school. Rest at it's best. Off the feet. Another solid choice is a day you know that no stessful items hit your calendar. If you can combine the two, that's the golden ring of rest.

Tomorrow, not so much. I will be hitting about 2.5 hrs of base and some hard suffering at Platte. This will be my first ride at Platte in two years and my first truly hard effort since TransIowa.

Maybe Wednesday should be a rest day too.