Rest vs Endurance the day after a hard effort?

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curious what works better for you all….mostly worried about affecting next week.

I wanna get another 2 hour endurance ride in this weekend. had a pretty hard effort yesterday.

either ride today (Saturday) and rest Sunday so I can be fresher for next week?

or rest today then ride tmw (Sunday).

I dunno…benefits of doing an endurance ride a little bit fatigued? vs rest and letting adaptations set in?

let’s say you feel generally overall good, but legs are a bit worked.

I’m sorta leaning towards knock it out today so I can rest tmw and have a fresher start to my week next week.

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I would ride at recovery, not endurance. If the ride starts to feel like work, bag it immediately. Do that on Saturday. Sunday I would do at least a 45 minute endurance ride just to maintain consistent frequency…before rolling out, review next week’s calendar just to keep in mind what you’re recovering for so you can remember that you don’t want to make an effort today, you want to make an effort THAT day.

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I will frequently do a double session Saturday/Sunday followed by a recovery / Z2 ride Monday then a day off Tuesday for a HARD workout Wednesday.

Basically - don’t be afraid of a back-to-back and doing endurance on tired legs, but you do need to layer in time to recover afterwards if you do that. Also somewhat depends on your volume and how acclimated to it you are.

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I need a rest day or super easy ride the day before my intervals so I can hit the intervals hard.

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I’m always willing to just go do some light and easy .55-.65 IF no matter how tired I am. Whether that becomes .65-.75 and the length of the ride depends on when the next hard workout is. If I’m really questioning myself but just itching to get outside, I just go for a walk.

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