I was looking at the Triathlete Mag website the other day when I stumbled across an article title The Starving Athlete. After giving it a read I wondered how many of us out there are suffering from this syndrome in an attempt to achieve the perfect physical condition before a major race but what really [...]

Question: Many times I am supposed to do a recovery cycle ride. I am interested in what is a proper way to do this ride (cadence, heart rate, power, course) and what are the effects of this ride? Can a recovery cycling ride be substituted by some other activity (swimming, running or some other activity)?