Everyone pays attention to their training schedule, but few give any thought to their recovery days. Truthfully, the recovery days are when fitness levels increase. Some famous coaches even go so far as to say that recovery is the most neglected part of training. Without proper recovery our muscles never get a chance to fully rebuild. If you keep training only partially recovered, you’ll never experience the results you want.

My Mtn bike ride yesterday was pretty taxing. It was like a series of constant, repeating efforts. Since I have not been doing many long bike rides this year I felt I needed to take today as a recovery day. As a result, I know I’ll come into tomorrow’s workout feeling fresh and strong.

The kids and I did go visit my mom today. It made her day to get to spend some time with her grandkids. It was also good for my wife. We let her sleep in this morning & have a few free hours while we visited my mom.