Originally Posted by
dcvelo
"sssshhhhh don't tell her I said this, but riding with my wife forces me to do my recovery rides."
+1
That's one strategy, OP...find someone slower to ride with on recovery days...
Yeah, I think I'll try and get my girlfriend out this evening. But, if it's too windy, raining, too hot, too cold, or there are insects out, I'll be riding alone again trying my hardest to go slowly. I never realized how difficult it actually was until I really started trying to use them this year as part of my overall training regimen.