After a quality week of training in Utah, this past week was a recovery week…a chance to get rested and do different activities! Recovery weeks are not always easy for me; I am one who does not like to take a day off. Instead of filling my recovery week with “off days,” I used “active recovery” to fill those days. In other words, I used low impact activities such as biking, swimming and double pole to let my body rest and recover. Every other day I either swam or biked to all my legs to recover from the fatigue I’d been feeling for the past couple weeks. This was a good way to give my legs a break and get them back under my feet.br /br /div style=”text-align: center;”a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bfd1dFDmRWA/SnZWkwYBGAI/AAAAAAAAAZo/6NWA7b0m_-Y/s1600-h/nic+003.jpg”img style=”margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;” src=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bfd1dFDmRWA/SnZWkwYBGAI/AAAAAAAAAZo/6NWA7b0m_-Y/s320/nic+003.jpg” alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365571195519440898″ border=”0″ //aspan style=”font-style: italic;”Double pole intervals/spanbr //divbr /In addition to doing new and different activities, recovery weeks are a good chance to get out and explore and travel new areas. This past week I drove through Yellowstone National Park, over Beartooth Pass, and into the Gallatin National Forsest in Montana. The drive was absolutely beautiful and I saw several buffalo, grizzly bears, coyotes, and moose. I went for a run at the Insideout Trailhead and explored the beauty of the Gallatin National Forest.br /br /div style=”text-align: center;”a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bfd1dFDmRWA/SnZXhXYBTfI/AAAAAAAAAaQ/MbjvPbdKPBE/s1600-h/nic+007.jpg”img style=”margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;” src=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bfd1dFDmRWA/SnZXhXYBTfI/AAAAAAAAAaQ/MbjvPbdKPBE/s320/nic+007.jpg” alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365572236780588530″ border=”0″ //aspan style=”font-style: italic;”The beautiful scenery in Yellowstone National Parkbr /br //span/divdiv style=”text-align: center;”a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bfd1dFDmRWA/SnZWlE7rUaI/AAAAAAAAAZw/JRwAQIf-ltg/s1600-h/nic+004.jpg”img style=”margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;” src=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bfd1dFDmRWA/SnZWlE7rUaI/AAAAAAAAAZw/JRwAQIf-ltg/s320/nic+004.jpg” alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365571201037717922″ border=”0″ //aspan style=”font-style: italic;”We saw hundreds of buffalobr /br //span/divdiv style=”text-align: center;”a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bfd1dFDmRWA/SnZXg4rcShI/AAAAAAAAAaI/7hwz-Ni_O8M/s1600-h/nic+006.jpg”img style=”margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;” src=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bfd1dFDmRWA/SnZXg4rcShI/AAAAAAAAAaI/7hwz-Ni_O8M/s320/nic+006.jpg” alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365572228540549650″ border=”0″ //aspan style=”font-style: italic;”…and yes, they have the right of waybr /br //span/divMy recovery week also allowed my to spend some time at the YMCA Kids Summer Camp. We had fun making “kitchen creations” ranging from rice krispie treats to chocolate covered bananas. We also had fun painting eachothers faces…although Alonzo wouldn’t let me paint his face after he painted mine!br /br /div style=”text-align: center;”a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bfd1dFDmRWA/SnZWkbDGqRI/AAAAAAAAAZg/Xch8xs2L8h4/s1600-h/nic+002.jpg”img style=”margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;” src=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bfd1dFDmRWA/SnZWkbDGqRI/AAAAAAAAAZg/Xch8xs2L8h4/s320/nic+002.jpg” alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365571189794580754″ border=”0″ //aspan style=”font-style: italic;”Alonzo and I with our painted faces!br /br //span/divdiv style=”text-align: center;”a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bfd1dFDmRWA/SnZWkYKO–I/AAAAAAAAAZY/xpe1zPJibG4/s1600-h/nic+001.jpg”img style=”margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;” src=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bfd1dFDmRWA/SnZWkYKO–I/AAAAAAAAAZY/xpe1zPJibG4/s320/nic+001.jpg” alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365571189019180002″ border=”0″ //aspan style=”font-style: italic;”Sara, showing off her butterfly face/spanbr //divbr /It was a good week and I feel rested and ready to hammer into my volume week!div class=”blogger-post-footer”img width=’1′ height=’1′ src=’https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5903545846797966075-6666987163873639065?l=in-the-arena-nicole.blogspot.com’ alt=” //div
