07.25.2019 Thoroughly Thursday

Howdy BT!

I had a 60-minute over-under bike trainer workout on my schedule for this morning.  Tomorrow had a 30 minute 50% FTP bike workout, but I was thinking that I would have to skip it to do my 12-mile run. So...when I was climbing out of bed in the dark this morning and felt the stiffness in my calves from lactate build-up and felt the stink from recent work-outs I got this idea, why not skip the 60-minute trainer ride today and do the 30-minute recovery ride.  It is supposed to be a recovery week and I am tired of going out of recovery weeks feeling more beat up than I am going into them.  So...30 minutes at 50% FTP it was.  I got 15 minutes more of sleep.  I did a 10-minute recovery pace run following the 30 minutes on the bike.  I don't feel fresh by any means after the reduced workout, but I am sure that next week the workload is going to feel more manageable than it felt last week.  

Have a great day!