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Oct 2017
10:43am, 9 Oct 2017
25,056 posts
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SPR
What Curly said as well, pace is easy. This morning was 3.1 at 9mm. Most of my next day runs have been around that or even slower.
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Oct 2017
10:52am, 9 Oct 2017
2,985 posts
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larkim
I'm just impressed I can walk up stairs - the usual anecdotes about not being able to move following a marathon meant I hadn't expected this.
After the mild dramas of nasty post-race cramps yesterday, was expecting to be cramping up all night, but whilst I wasn't comfortable I didn't cramp up in the night which was good. Wore compression sleeves on the calves for the noctural recovery, in the past that's been a good way of calming down my calves, so that seems to have helped (or at least not hindered things).
The other odd thing I noticed was that I wasn't hungry when I got home. Admittedly I'd had a packet of S&V crisps and a bottle of lucozade at the finish line, but was expecting to be famished. "Only" used 6 gels in the race, but getting them down early I think definitely helped there.
I did have a hearty dose of scrambled eggs and toast for lunch about 1:30 but my boys were more hungry than I was. It wasn't that I was feeling bad therefore didn't want to eat, just more that I felt fine and thought that mildly worthy of note.
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Oct 2017
10:57am, 9 Oct 2017
4,847 posts
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postieboy
The immediate aftermath shouldn't be as big an issue at our end of the running spectrum given the amount of training we put in. Sore and tired naturally, but it shouldn't knock us for six.
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Oct 2017
11:02am, 9 Oct 2017
2,986 posts
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larkim
Yes, I suppose that's true postie. I can look back on how stiff and sore I was after my first couple of halfs, and compare that with how I feel today. Its been really noticeable throughout this training period how well I've recovered day in day out.
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Oct 2017
11:29am, 9 Oct 2017
27,613 posts
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HappyG(rrr)
I think it's just testament to how well trained you were and how measured your race was.
I'm fine too, but was worse after my first marathon than my 21st! A couple of stiff muscles but not bad. At work today. Actually, sitting in car, glutes were the most uncomfortable thing on road back home last night.
Slept like an absolute log last night too. Nice.  G
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Oct 2017
12:06pm, 9 Oct 2017
13,717 posts
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Fenland (Fenners) Runner
The only race that has equalled the feeling after my first marathon was my first two Lakeland 50s.
Personally, I don't think you can compare recovery from marathons to shorter events.
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Oct 2017
12:29pm, 9 Oct 2017
802 posts
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Shortcut Cam
Larkin, I’ve enjoyed reading your comments on this page. Looks like you’ve followed P&D to the letter. Having checked the 3:15 Bible they call for two days rest or cross train. Maybe climbing the stairs at work can count as cross training😉
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Oct 2017
12:31pm, 9 Oct 2017
2,992 posts
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larkim
I suppose having got this far, if its in P&D as to how I should rest, I should respect their wisdom!
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Oct 2017
12:52pm, 9 Oct 2017
765 posts
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Daz Love
I think you are spot on re the training helping with the recovery Larks. Also as long as you run within your trained ability (to a degree) and don't blow up, the next day should be easier.
I am basing that on my two marathons!
1st - Trained well, managed a 3:10 and then played 18 holes of golf in a knockout match the next morning (won it as well!!)
2nd - Poorly trained, tried for sub 3:15, failed, ended up with 3:45 and could hardly move for a a couple of days!!
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Oct 2017
12:58pm, 9 Oct 2017
5,557 posts
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Huntsman
Good examples Daz. Could you run 3:09 😜
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