How do you recover - recovery ride
I'm doing a long (for me) ride Saturday: 130 miles that includes about 30 miles of dirt and 12K feet of climbing. I've been training with longer mileage rides with very steep sections and I seem to have gotten slower, so I know I'm tired and maybe overtrained though age might also be a factor.
I'm curious to know what some of you do to recover before a long and hilly endurance event. How much time off before long event? Do you do short, easy rides? It's really tough for me to do a flat "recovery" ride because there isn't much flat where I live - though I could drive somewhere. Using a trainer is a possibility though pretty darned boring. I'm in my 50s which is a factor.