Post Race Rest

Triathlon Forum
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I just had a fairly challenging Olympic this last weekend. The day after, Sunday, I did recovery run and lift the day after, but have been so swamped at work that I have had to take the last two days off from training (it has been physical labor though). My fitness is at a high enough level to place in my age group, so I have been training religiously the entire season.

Being that I have not taken two days off all year, are these two days going to set me back or is the rest a good thing? How do you recover from races?

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Two days off will probably help you more than anything, any weight you put on will be water from not sweating profusely all day every day.

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I take one full day off every week. Sometimes I’ll go surfing that day, but that’s very light exercise for me. It fully recharges me and I look forward to my day off for sure.