Watch metric
Recovery Time
Usefulness
3/10
· Rarely matters
Recovery Time Definition
Your watch's countdown of how many hours it thinks you need before training hard again.
When it helps
As a rough flag that a session was demanding.
When it doesn't
As a rule to obey. You do not need to be fully recovered to run easy.
The common myth
The myth: you must wait out the recovery timer before running again. The reality: it is a blunt guess that ignores how you actually feel.
Recovery Time equivelants on Garmin, Coros and Polar
Garmin
Recovery Time
Coros
Recovery Timer
Polar
Recovery Pro