I'm hoping to get advice on the best ways to recover from a marathon for another 2 weeks later. Managed to get a BQ and then a lottery slot for the Boston 2 Big Sur challenge two weeks after Boston. Knowing that I typically can barely walk for 3-4 days after a marathon effort would like to tap into the collective slowtwitch expertise on how to improve recovery as I've never done 2 marathons this close together before.
My basic strategy is to run Boston at my best effort, and I'm following the same training plan that got me there (Higdon Advanced 1) to prep for Boston. For Big Sur, my goal is to simply finish the race with a smile on my face (so I don't care about the B2BS combined race time per se). I expect to run Big Sur at least 1:00/mi slower, in part due to the hills/wind and because I'm sure my legs won't be fully recovered.
Post-Boston, my recovery plans include hitting the hotel exercise bike for some easy spinning Tues & Wed after the race, plus using my newly acquired Air Relax boots (poor man's Normatec's) a couple of times each day. Also wearing my CEP compression socks daily. For the 10 days after that leading to Big Sur, I plan on doing some light easy, short runs, plus some longer aerobic bike efforts (mainly with the goal of hanging on to some aerobic fitness and keeping the legs flexible while hopefully promoting active recovery.) So I'm not trying to build extra fitness but mainly hang on to what fitness I can while healing. Maybe squeeze a swim or two in there as well.
Any thoughts on post-Boston ice baths, massage, other active recovery techniques, or anything else? Your advice is appreciated!
My basic strategy is to run Boston at my best effort, and I'm following the same training plan that got me there (Higdon Advanced 1) to prep for Boston. For Big Sur, my goal is to simply finish the race with a smile on my face (so I don't care about the B2BS combined race time per se). I expect to run Big Sur at least 1:00/mi slower, in part due to the hills/wind and because I'm sure my legs won't be fully recovered.
Post-Boston, my recovery plans include hitting the hotel exercise bike for some easy spinning Tues & Wed after the race, plus using my newly acquired Air Relax boots (poor man's Normatec's) a couple of times each day. Also wearing my CEP compression socks daily. For the 10 days after that leading to Big Sur, I plan on doing some light easy, short runs, plus some longer aerobic bike efforts (mainly with the goal of hanging on to some aerobic fitness and keeping the legs flexible while hopefully promoting active recovery.) So I'm not trying to build extra fitness but mainly hang on to what fitness I can while healing. Maybe squeeze a swim or two in there as well.
Any thoughts on post-Boston ice baths, massage, other active recovery techniques, or anything else? Your advice is appreciated!