Importance of Recovery Rides

Recovery rides are great. This morning I had the opportunity to do a little riding with my almost 3 year old son, Nicholas. Being that we live in Ohio and that we're currently experiencing a winter storm, this ride was held indoors in the basement. He's been completely hooked on riding his Lil' Giant tricycle ever since my wife and I took him down to see the Tour de Georgia last spring and since he got "Mike and the Bike" for Christmas. Now he pretends that he's "bike racer man #1" and I'm "bike racer man #2", as we make circles in my extremely small basement. It seems so much smaller now that I'm trying to dodge a drum set, guitars, amps and the washing machine all while trying to keep my mountain bike upright and not run him over. My wife has even gotten into the excitement by sitting on the stairs and cheering and clapping for us. Makes for a lot of fun on a Sunday morning. Anyway, not sure I can consider this a true recovery ride by definition, but anytime I can spend some quality time with my son all while riding a bicycle has to be good for something. For all those wondering, no, I'm not keeping track of the miles.