Active Recovery
After a long run do you prefer to rest or stay active for the remainder of the day?
Oh, I have had some glorious long naps after long runs. But I wake up feeling a bit stiff and sore. Last year, another blogger (I think it was Linzi!) wrote that she felt so much better after her long run if she stayed active throughout the day – keeping her muscles moving.
I’ve noticed that too. And I’ve done lots of things (inadvertently) to keep me moving after a long run – sightseeing, swimming, walking around a car show, kayaking, making stuff in the kitchen (eating stuff in the kitchen), a long bike ride, blah blah blah. But I had never done before what I did today!
I actually had to cut my long run short (really, in to two runs) to make it home by 10:00 this morning because I promised Steven I would help him. Help him put the transmission back in his new Datsun.
Steven has had his blue ’78 Datsun 280Z for almost nine years, and got a red (okay, okay, BROWN) ’78 Datsun 280Z chassis in June because the body is in such good condition (better than the blue one!). The plan is to get the brown Datsun running, by moving some working parts over from the blue Datsun and also by using some of the parts on it. The plan is to get it running by next Saturday for a car show!
Today we put the flywheel, clutch and transmission all back on the car. I didn’t know how any of that stuff worked before, but I sure* do now!
Putting the flywheel on
Going over the Owners Manual with Data
The clutch
Tightening the bolts on the transmission
Three and a half hours later… a bit dirty.
The active recovery must have worked because I ran a little bit this afternoon and felt good! Slow, but good. But boy, do I stink. I smell like my dad, who is a mechanic. I really need to take a shower.
And after that, I do think I will relax and read some more of Eat and Run!
*Okay, sort of know, now.
Themocracy
I felt like crap after my run yesterday but spend the day doing stuff around the house, grocery shopping, etc. I feel much better today, so maybe it works.
OMG Data is so cute. LIke “Let me help, Dad!”
I know nothing about cars. I wish I did. Not so I could actually do the work, but so I don’t stress out over being taken advantage of when my car needs work.
Data loves being in the garage with Steven. LOVES it.
Does anyone in your family know about cars?
Wow – I thought my bike riding around (and beer drinking) was active recovery today, but i wasn’t doing any heavy lifting!
I think that sounds like a fun recovery! And since I missed my strength workouts this week I was happy to do this. LOL!
I love the photo of Data and Steven with the manual. Too funny!
I think the best post-run recovery is still swimming around in the river. Why can’t that happen after every run?
I agree! Are we going to run at the river? 🙂 Looks like I only have to run 12 that Saturday and 8 that Sunday. But I could do 12 Friday and 8 on Saturday and we could run together 🙂 The jump in the river!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
I was really hoping your Dad would reply to this post, haha. I smell like my Dad!
He might still respond! He is sometimes a bit delayed on my posts since he does not have a smart phone or internet connection at the river 🙂 What a hard life!
Still trying to determine if that means I stink all the time? That’s the way I read it, how about you Gina?
Ha ha. As if it is a question of you NOT stinking all the time. If it’s not car grease, it’s something else.
That’s the way I took it, too! This coming from the girl who smells like sweaty runner girl AND car grease.
Wow, you look hard core helping out with the car! I am impressed! Data looks so adorable laying on top of the car, he really does look like he wants to help out, too.
After long runs I take my rest and recovery very seriously! As in, I pretty much lay on the couch with my compression sleeves on and work very hard to do nothing else. =D
Haha, I love that last picture of you! Your expression is so funny!
I don’t do much active recovery, but I’m not sure how doing it (or not) affects me. I’m so out-of-tune with my body. Does eating count as active recovery??
I keep hearing things about how staying sedentary, even if you exercise regularly, is still bad for you. Maybe I should exercise, actively recover…and then actively recover from my active recovery. Movement all the time!
I hate it when I read those studies they say “even if you workout, if you sit at a computer most of the day, you will DIE YOUNG.” We are doomed.