What does your post race week workout schedule look like?
I just finished my first olympic distance race(race is perhaps too strong of a word for what I did on Sunday). I have another ‘race’ coming up on October 17th so I want to bump my fitness up a small notch to better my time.
Thanks.
That is a very individual question and depends on the race distance and whether it was an A, B or C race. You are likely to get varying answers. Assuming an A olympic, I have a planned recovery week. I generally take a day or two off, but maybe with some very EASY recovery spinning and or swimming. Then I will go with around 50% of my normal volume to recover and soak in the benefits of the race. If work is stressful then I may back off even more as the combination of racing and a really intense work week kills me - others may handle it better and keep the volume up a bit.