Well, picking an arbitrary number, I'd say 99% of cyclists don't do "true" recovery rides. Most end up doing a ride that is between zone 2 and 3, and/or ride too long/far. But when I was reading through the posts, I noticed Bob's post here said "real recovery," which I thought made the distinction between "real" and what most people do. Like I said, I wasn't trying to get into anyone's business, but constructively pointing out that if someone thinks the ride described is a real recovery, it is NOT. No way to say 100% without power numbers, but I think it's safe to generalize here and say it's likely a zone 2-3 ride and I imagine probably too long s well (but he didn't say how long he rode).
Which brings me to the question, why do people not do REAL recovery rides??? I think they are the single most enjoyable ride(s) I do all week!! Ride should be a maximum of ONE hour. I usually end up with a 70-100 watt average,which typically equates to 13-15 mph average depending on winds. And when you finish the ride your lgs are so warm and tingly it's scary! So warm and tingly and relaxed that I MUCH prefer a recovery ride to a massage any day of the week!! Anyway, not trying to sound like a know it all...just trying to offer some constructive feedback. As we start to lose daylight I'm going to need to find some folks in Wilson to ride with on days have to work. On Sep 1, 7:55 am, Marian Mathews <[email protected]> wrote: > None of the COWS that post on this site ever do a true recovery ride. The > word recovery is used extremely loose with this group. > > > > On Sat, Sep 1, 2012 at 7:44 AM, Chris Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > > Not to get in your business, but a HR of 130-150 is not recovery unless > > you have a god awful high resting HR. And unless you had a 15-20 mph > > tailwind, an 18mph avg is not true recovery either. Sounds like u did a > > zone 2ish ride, and depending on how strong you are, possibly a zone 3, or > > mix of both based on HR. I mean this constructively, hope I am not out of > > line posting this. > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "CyclistsOfWilson-COWs" group. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > >https://groups.google.com/d/msg/cyclistsofwilson-cows/-/00npN2qz_PYJ. > > To post to this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/cyclistsofwilson-cows?hl=en.- Hide quoted > >text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CyclistsOfWilson-COWs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cyclistsofwilson-cows?hl=en.
