![]() ![]() ![]() 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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