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REST DAY!
- As any coach or finely-tuned athlete knows, the body needs time to recover from intense workouts so it can rebuild and restore itself. The Tour de France is a very long and grueling event; there is no other cycling or sporting event that requires so much from the human body! The rest days, of which there are two in this year's Tour, allow the riders to try and recover from the super-human effort they've been putting out. Rest and recovery is even more important for growing kids, so let the little myTDF champions take a breather today! TV, games, or reading those great summer books are all a good idea today. A very easy walk around the neighborhood would be OK; this is called "active recovery." Interesting fact: the TDF is the height of any pro cyclists season, the time when they work harder than any other period of the year. So it's not uncommon for the riders to gain 5-10 pounds in body weight within a week of the Tour's finish. Wow!
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