Tri Training Hiatus Recovery at the Spa

For those of you who follow my blog regularly, you may have wondered why I haven't posted lately. I don't know that I have a great answer--lazy, busy, tired, working, enjoying the beautiful weather, or away? Yeah, a little bit of all those things/excuses.

I did train last week...just not as faithfully as all the previous weeks. I guess I must have needed some down time. I'm back on track and ready to push forward (after my Monday rest day, that is). Actually, I did my brick workout on Saturday (swim, spin, and run) and then Marty and I took a trip to the Stoweflake Resort and Spa to indulge in some R & R.

I did spend quite a substantial amount of the time in pools. I spent about an hour in the Hungarian Mineral soaking pool (recommended time=20 minutes) and another 30 minutes or so in the waterfall pool, followed by 30 minutes in an outdoor hot tub (while it was snowing).

Following pool time, I also spent a good 15 minutes in the sauna. I felt it was important to simulate high temperatures to be prepared for any weather conditions I might face in the tri. Now, I know that I'm ready to handle 140 degrees--for 15 minutes.

Of course I had to balance out all this activity with a massage and LOTS of incredible recovery meals. Without all this, I never would have been ready for training this week. I highly recommend a spacation for any triathlete in training. On a side note, it's worth mentioning that this spa retreat wasn't completely a guilty pleasure--we won a spa trip through supporting a silent auction at one of our fellow TNT team mate's fundraisers.

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