riding the bike on the trainer is a good option to flush the legs out, nice steady reasonable efforts

VERY easy trail run of short duration or a swim. Blood flow is your friend.

I run about 1000 feet of hills on my longs runs 3 days a week. No issues which is one reason I run lots of hills. Maybe your coach needs to get you running hills a little more? :) Powercranks help also. :)

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For what it's worth, in my case I've never noticed that anything made any difference. Sometimes I've rested completely, sometimes trained lightly, sometimes (one time) gone for a 39km run... Severe DOMS always seem to last 5 days no matter what.

Thanks, I was never quite sure if it was a lactate build up or breakdown of muscle`
I'll soldier on!

Agree. Time is the only thing that makes it better for me. I did a 25k trail race with about 1750ft or gain and loss this past Saturday. The downhills were very runnable and I was really able to bomb them. My quads were toast by the end. I know from experience it's going to be 3-4 days no matter what I do before I'm feeling better. Sure enough, yesterday (Tuesday) I'm starting to feel it less and less by the evening. Now on Wednesday morning I feel fine.

Hopefully only one more day of misery for me then. :P

Swimming always seems to help DOMS for me--even arm/back/core soreness.

I was just recommended standing in the sea. Not the first time someone has suggested it for muscle soreness!

The only time I have this issue now is if I do way more than my body is used to.

After my LC Tri race running 18 miles on the road, my legs were trashed for days. I had zero training for these conditions and paid the price.

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Super secret.....

Last IM, I went get some drink food and then stood in the 55 F ocean immersed up to my hips for 15-20min. Got out, took a shower, put on compression socks that I kept on for the following night and day.
4 days later I was able to walk down stairs facing forward again.

Two years ago, similar training, same race, but neither ice-bath nor compression.
I wasn't able to properly walk down stairs for over a week.

Grab those things between your legs and work out. Use this experience to train your heart, not your legs or lungs.

^^^^This.

Miderate effort, no impact. Getting some blood flow and motion helps.

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