I've run two marathons; after each, 30 min run when I wake up the next morning. You could bike instead. But after the first marathon a friend pushed me out the door and siad my legs would feel better with a run so I did it :-) Then 3 days of no running, I'd swim. I like swimming ;-)

nice race.

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I usually do not run for a week. But I will swim and bike.
Second week would be several short & easy runs and I would be back in in some kind of training mode by the 4 weeks after.

Fred.

30 minutes of easy walking 5x a week for the first two weeks afterwards, with adding in some moderate swimming in week two. And then see how things feel from there.