Dublin Marathon: How to recover

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Shane Coleman (1:05)

Well, the months of training are done and dusted, and the big day has been and gone. Now, there is the very small but very important matter of recovery. And to walk us through how to recover properly after the Dublin Marathon is Dublin coach and author Mary Jennings, and founder of ForgetTheGym.ie. You're very welcome to the program, Mary. Just, there will be some people, okay, out there today. I see them, I recognize them. Who are thinking, God, I don't feel too bad after that. That was actually easier than I anticipated. Who perhaps think, I don't need much of a recovery. Does everyone need a recovery break?

Mary Jennings (1:41)

Oh, I think even the supporters need a recovery break.

Ciara Kelly (1:44)

For different reasons, I would imagine.

Mary Jennings (1:47)

Absolutely. Listen, it's a big day. It's a big build up Ciara and there is recovery needed. Absolutely. Now, it might hit at different times for different people. I know myself when I do the marathons, doesn't really hit me till the Tuesday. I'm still buzzing the day afterwards and you want to talk about it. You're still wearing, you've got the t-shirt on, you're hoping someone will ask you about it or whatever. Well, if it went well.

Sometimes the physical side of it, you might be thinking today, oh yeah, I'm fine. But I suppose you have to remember the whole months of training, not just yesterday, are all in your legs. So I think your body deserves a bit of a treat, a bit of a rest and a chance to just, I suppose, recover both the head and the body and give yourself a little bit of time to get over the whole thing really.

Shane Coleman (2:31)

And if there is a process there that you are following, then the speed and your successful recovery will really be enhanced by following that process properly, won't it?

Mary Jennings (2:42)

Yeah, I think so. I think there's two sides to it. One is the actual physical body, how are you feeling in your body? And let's be honest, everyone had a different experience yesterday, everybody trained differently. Some people didn't even have a dinner yesterday, they went out in the town. More people were home and maybe into an ice bath or something. So a lot of your recovery will also be very similar to how you recovered from your long runs along the way. But I think one of the biggest things for people is that there is possibly now a gap in the schedule where they would previously have had another long run to look forward to or to be building towards.

And now even mentally sometimes the recovery from thinking, oh no, what am I going to do with my time now? There's almost a temptation to kind of keep going and look for the next thing and kind of keep it on moving and try and keep the body training for something or actually to take a pause now and say both mentally and physically, how is my body feeling? How am I getting on? Can I just take it easy? I would be saying the month of November to be honest, just to not make any big plans, just kind of see how the body feels, go for a walk, wear the marathon hash, give a nod or a wink to the people who you're also wearing it, maybe go for a swim. If you want to run, absolutely do, but take your time. Some people might not want to run for a very long time, but I know even things like park run on Saturday, if you kind of feel your friends are not asking you anymore about the marathon, go along to a park run, wear your gear and lots of people then are all, do that next Saturday, just as a kind of, to keep the momentum alive, to keep the buzz going and to, you know, keep, keep the...