Recovery Week

I’ll admit I slacked and didn’t work out on Monday. Therein lies the problem with days off work.

On Tuesday I was happy to learn that this is Recovery week. Core Synergistics is a funny program because I always forget what it entails. It’s a good routine but I just haven’t done it enough to form a complete opinion on it. The only time it is done is during Recovery weeks. It is done several times these weeks, but I often opt to go for runs since the routines don’t seem as prescribed during recovery weeks.

Thursday I went for a run instead of doing Stretch & Recovery. Four miles felt great and my pace was about 30 seconds faster per mile than when I was last running. However, as the day wore on my body reminded me that it’s been about two months since the last time I ran. (My phone app also reminded me when I started running. But it claimed that I haven’t run since the end of May. During my run I pondered this and came to the conclusion that I did a couple of technology-free runs in July.)

So, when Core Synergistics showed up on the schedule on Friday I substituted with P90X2 Mobility & Recovery. My body is thanking me for the foam rolling. Maybe another run tomorrow?