Runners NEED To Avoid These 6 Mistakes POST Marathon (DONT DO THIS!!)

Runners NEED To Avoid These 6 Mistakes POST Marathon (DONT DO THIS!!) - welcome back to another video and today I am sharing with you how to avoid these 6 mistakes post marathon! There are lots of ways to recover and we all want to bounce back in as best shape possible so by avoiding some of these things I have listed, you'll give yourself the best chance!

Let me know in the comments what advice you would offer to others!

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00:00 - Intro
00:42 - Tip 1
02:02 - Tip 2
03:47 - Tip 3
05:04 - Tip 4
05:57 - Tip 5
07:35 - Tip 6
09:35 - What Are Your Tips?

[johnmiller]

Sound advice there Andy. I'm recovering from Sundays London marathon which so far has included walking, resting and one very easy 3.5 mile run yesterday. I PB'd by 15 mins which of course I'm happy with however I missed my 'A goal' by 18 mins due to major cramping at mile 24. To your point around fixing niggles I definitely need to address this issue and think more strength work is the key as my form deteriorated from 22 onwards as I tired. Time to regroup and reflect on a great training block and a fab experience on the day.

[runningoneddie]

All great advice Andy. I was always surprised at how fatigued I was post marathon. I know in the past I was a bit of a marathon junky and I'd jump back into another one in a few weeks. The 2nd one was always a lot tougher.

I usually don't run for 2 days after a marathon. I then keep it SUPER easy for the next week or two. No special sessions, no speedwork, just logging a few miles to keep the fitness but nothing intense. I'll ease into races and harder workouts by feel.

Definitely hard to hold back at times. Let's face it, for the last 16 weeks we've been focused on training / running hard and completing a marathon sort of leaves an emotional void in our lives. It is definitely a process. Keep up the good work Andy. Love watching your channel for advice / inspiration.

[vincewarne]

M I’ve just run 2 sub 3s within 3 weeks at Paris and London (first time sub 3!) I do have a down week now but I do a short easy run every day, for me it seems to help recovery.

I then have a few weeks of lighter training, easing back and then building up to the training block for Berlin!

[YuennyLam]

Really good points. Thanks for sharing!

[McLeod]

Great tips again Andy … I take 1week off after my marathon and start since day 7 to run some 30mn really easy runs coupled with biking then after 2 or 3 weeks spending my time to think about my next race I start a new long training plan (25weeks this time) with nearly 8weeks of build up. What I changed for this new training plan is 5 days a week instead of 4 and increase my week volume by 10 or 20km at the highest volume in the plan … nearly 100km ( I did 4 days a week and max70k at my highest week these last training plans I m 500yo 😛) . Will see if it can now helps me to be sub3 now lol 🙏😂👏👏👏🇫🇷

[StevenNeeson]

Great advice 👍 my coach has me do 1 mile 2 days after the marathon and then 2 miles 4 days after all easy.

[manuel_]

Good morning. Helpful video. Like to Andy. Have a great day. 🌞🏃🌞

[robnott]

Good advice. I'm doing my marathon 7 May. I take a week off, but I'll definitely try that easy 30 minute run the next day. Is the massage on the same day after the easy 30 minute run?
And I'm already working on a plan for the fall as I'm doing Berlin/Chicago.
With that I do have a question, with Berlin/Chicago two weeks apart, would it be advisable to try and do a long run 21 May just to try and simulate what lies ahead?
Thanks for your advice.

[Leeroy]

Post marathon is going to be exciting new stuff :)
I'll be an official pacer for the first time.

[nicholasrattray]

Congratulations on Newport.
I just wondered, do you do a base training plan after your marathons and you start building up again.

What about Strength and conditioning?

Thanks
Nick.

[JSC]

Agree with all of these points 👌

I've always been advised against a post marathon massage, at least for 72 hours, because of how inflamed/damaged your muscles are. Apparently it does more harm than good.

[ianreid]

Another great video. Some cross training after is good also.
I think you mentioned 2*half marathon time + 15min is a good estimate for you of marathon time. Do you think that still holds true. Or did you just run a perfect marathon and are now closer to +10min?