Recipe for healing:
- Excellent massage from Amy Renn Wednesday and Monday
- Nightly stretching, do you think it's possible to make up for an entire summer without adequate stretching (in conjunction with next bullet point of course) in 2 weeks? I'll keep you posted.
- At least 4 days off- of EVERYTHING except walking. No running, tennis, dancing, jogging (with a soft 'j' of course), biking, swimming, flip-flops (this one's hard), and of course drunken lunges (this one is also hard). Which brings us to #4
- Detox- put your serious pants on. This is not really inspired by the bad workout but is certainly reinforced by it. I do a detox annually, usually in the spring to kick-start running season. It is mainly no alcohol for an entire month. That month also includes calorie counting 6 days a week and one day of calorie freedom, aside from alcohol. That means I still get to experiment with new B&J flavors (favorite so far "kama sutra" and "Dublin Mudslide" available at the BVGS. I also get to eat out and not worry exactly how many servings of cream are in this. For this year's race I decided long ago I would do another mini detox before the race to clean up, tidy my body, sharpen it, make it a well oiled machine. No alcohol (except on my birthday) until after race day. I sleep better (which they say is one of the most pivitol training tools for good race day preformence especially in the month before the rce) and I almost instantly loose 5lbs- which tells me that is 5lbs I don't need for the race. My joints will thank me and hopefully the clock will thank me.
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