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      "@type": "Question",
      "name": "What is the point of a recovery run?",
      "acceptedAnswer": {
        "@type": "Answer",
        "text": "A recovery run is a short, genuinely easy run that promotes recovery between harder sessions, keeping you moving and maintaining your habit without adding meaningful fatigue. It lets your body absorb the training stimulus from your quality days."
      }
    },
    {
      "@type": "Question",
      "name": "How fast should a recovery run be?",
      "acceptedAnswer": {
        "@type": "Answer",
        "text": "Genuinely easy, at a relaxed conversational pace where you could hold a full conversation throughout. If you are breathing too hard to chat comfortably, you are going too fast and turning recovery into extra fatigue."
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      "@type": "Question",
      "name": "Do I need to fuel a recovery run?",
      "acceptedAnswer": {
        "@type": "Answer",
        "text": "Usually not with dedicated products. Because recovery runs are short and easy, your everyday diet and good hydration cover them. What matters more is the nutrition around your harder sessions, which the recovery run helps you bounce back from."
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      "@type": "Question",
      "name": "Is it ever better to rest than do a recovery run?",
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        "text": "Yes. If you are genuinely fatigued, unwell, or your body needs full rest, complete rest can be the better recovery choice. A recovery run should leave you feeling better, not worse; if it consistently does the opposite, you may need more rest."
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