Mark is one of the premier athletes within the amateur ranks. We were fortunate enough to catch up with Mark after his 3rd place finish in the M35-39 age group at the Ironman 70.3 World Championships to see how he recovers...here is what he had to say:
1) I always eat something after workouts; I think it really helps for the next day's workout. During the week, that's just normal food-- breakfast after swimming, running before lunch, etc... But on the weekends when I come home and am so beat I just want to lay in the middle of the floor, I make sure to mix up a bottle of Gu Recovery Brew (I like the chocolate flavor). It gives me enough of a boost to get in the shower and make something real to eat.
2) I was a slow adopter, but I've really come to like compression tights and socks after hard runs. I'll wear them after track days and after long runs and notice a real difference the following day.
3) For me, the most important recovery tip is to listen to my body and to call off or scale back a workout if I'm feeling beat. It's easy to equate feeling tired with accomplishing something, and therefore being more tired must mean training is going great, but I think it's important to feel 'great' for key workouts from time to time. I like to feel that I am at most two days away from feeling great. That is, I'm never so tired during training that I wouldn't feel like I could jump in a race with two days of easy workouts.
Well Mark, it seems to be working for you. Good luck next month as you once again take on the worlds best on the big island of Hawaii!
1) I always eat something after workouts; I think it really helps for the next day's workout. During the week, that's just normal food-- breakfast after swimming, running before lunch, etc... But on the weekends when I come home and am so beat I just want to lay in the middle of the floor, I make sure to mix up a bottle of Gu Recovery Brew (I like the chocolate flavor). It gives me enough of a boost to get in the shower and make something real to eat.
2) I was a slow adopter, but I've really come to like compression tights and socks after hard runs. I'll wear them after track days and after long runs and notice a real difference the following day.
3) For me, the most important recovery tip is to listen to my body and to call off or scale back a workout if I'm feeling beat. It's easy to equate feeling tired with accomplishing something, and therefore being more tired must mean training is going great, but I think it's important to feel 'great' for key workouts from time to time. I like to feel that I am at most two days away from feeling great. That is, I'm never so tired during training that I wouldn't feel like I could jump in a race with two days of easy workouts.
Well Mark, it seems to be working for you. Good luck next month as you once again take on the worlds best on the big island of Hawaii!
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