I ran the London marathons 4weeks ago I've never ran one before but have done plenty of halves . I just wanted to know how long should I leave it before I start training again ? I'm always busy cycling going to the gym and running but recently I've felt completely worn out ! Is this due to bit resting enough ? How long does it take to recover from a marathon. ??
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Physically, most people are capable of training normally after 4 weeks. It can cerainly take that long for your body to get back in balance.
After the first of my 3 marathons, I was capable of running normally (I think)... but just couldn't be bothered... perhaps for about 6-10 weeks.
After my first marathon I couldn't even walk for a week.
A few years down the road and I'm back running a few days later.
Try a small run and see how you feel ?
Quite a few people ran at the weekend and struggled though. Warm weather.
Nicola- I did my first marathon on Monday, was wondering the same thing and found this link on another thread somewhere... http://www.halhigdon.com/training/51152/Post-Marathon-Zero-Week-Training-Program
Although it's 4 weeks since you ran yours theres still some interesting advice on there for future reference......might be a bit late though if you've already gone on to do a half!
Thank you for the link I'll have a read of it .
Milton Keynes!
Legs are still suffering today so I'm taking heed of all the advice in that link! Was considering doing parkrun tomorrow but not sure if I could manage it in all honesty!
Thanks! Well done to you too!
Same here about the hills, a definite learning point for me as although my regular training route has the odd gentle undulation (Nothing worse than those underpasses!) I didn't do any specific hill training. I've suffered badly with painful quads since Monday so I'm wondering if hill training will help avoid that in future. Thankfully I seem to be back to normal today but I gave to parkrun a miss this morning. Will resume with some gentle training from Tuesday as per the hal higdon plan .
Did you manage to push yourself for a decent time at MK or was it too much? I'm not planning on doing another half until Bournemouth in October which leaves masses of time for recovery and training, plus I really need to improve on my 5 & 10k times during the summer.