I know your busy and you’re trying to get ready for the big race this weekend.  Back when everyone was racing in college you could just go home and take a 2 hour nap, and lounge around.  Those days are gone for most of us.  Days are filled with work, family, and extracurricular activities.  Below are my top 5 favorite sneaky rest day tips.

– I was not a huge recover sock/tight guy when they came out, but now I’m religious about it. I bought some nice Zoot 2.0 Recovery tights .  After about 5 times of wearing them your friends/family get tired of making fun of you.  Now I wear them proudly….office/car/home/playing with kids.

– When you can put your legs up.  If you have a desk job, consider this.  Just keep your legs a little elevated underneath your desk.  If you watch a little tv at night or sit down for dinner just simply put your legs up.  Pretty easy and even 30m helps.

– Dog jog/walk.  This is one of my favorites.  An early morning super light jog/walk serves so many purposes.  It gets the blood flowing, gets your pup exercise, and starts the metabolism going for the day.  Also, you can do it super early, half asleep and it only takes 15-20m.  You should see some of the outfits I wear during this.  Picture Hammer Pants and Tour de Montana tank top.

– I like the random stretch.  You making dinner?  Get a nice quad stretch going in the kitchen.  Also, my kids play with me when I sit on the floor and use the rollers, they will use them too.  If someone is talking to me at work or whenever for more then a couple minutes I’ll just start stretching.

– 3 or more meals a day.  On recovery and race travel days I like to really focus on 3 complete meals throughout the day and 3 snacks times in between.  Recovery day for me was always time to eat badly, but if you can mix some good in there you’ll reap the benefits.  Beer is for the race day after party :)

See you in the mud,

Shaun