One of the most important things you can do as an ultra runner is focus on your recovery. Not only to increase your performance, but to also make sure that you’re preventing injury so that you can stay in the game.
But with all the techniques, articles, and information out there on recovery, what are the things that actually work? And what things aren’t worth doing (hint: stretching is one of the things that ARE a waste of time!).
In this episode, I share 5 different tools that I prioritize in my recovery to make sure I’m bouncing back quickly from my heavy ultra training load. Everything in here is based off of the things that worked for me, so I’m sharing from my personal experience.
But if you implement at least one of these tools, I bet your recovery and performance will improve.
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