So, it should be easy and shouldn’t last too long. There is no universally accepted definition, but we’d define a recovery run as, “a run that’s short and slow by an athlete’s individual standards for the explicit purpose of recovering – both physically and mentally – from a hard effort and reducing injury risk.”Ī recovery run will look different for every athlete, but the point is to recover. Today we’ll explain how recovery runs reduce injury risk. Intentionally planning shorter runs at easy paces – relative to your normal level of effort – has a host of benefits for every runner. As I learned more about physiology and performance, I discovered Recovery runs and everything changed. Unsurprisingly, I was achy all the time and missed a ton of runs due to injury. ![]() What do you do the day after a hard workout when you feel creaky and stiff? I’ll tell you what I used to do: run my normal route medium hard and feel worse after.
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