Originally Posted by kensuf

Mikey, after some serious thought on the subject, Ze might be right that riding a bit for you might be better to keep your legs from blocking up.

However, I'd suggest keeping it to recovery rides rather than a few days off the bike.

A recovery ride is no more than 60 minutes in length.

A recovery ride will keep your HR low, like under 125bpm kind of low.

A recovery ride will be in your easiest gears. If you're using more than a 39x18 you're probably going too hard.

A recovery ride will keep your legs spinning in a 90-100 cadence, just to keep them loose and limber, but you may dip down into the 70s and 80s.

A recovery ride is so easy, your butt will hurt.

I tend to do my recovery rides with my wife. We use it as an opportunity to chat.