Optimal day-after long run?

Easy recovery day.

Nice and easy.

some days after longs if I'm real beat up I stick it to just a real easy 4 miles. Do as needed, but the goal is to recover from the long run, not advance your fitness.

Interesting.

Most other places say to have a rest day.

The Hal Higdon plan I followed years ago prescribed a good cross-training session.

I'll try a easy 4-6 today and see how that goes.

Did you hammer the 22 miles? Are you in pain or severely fatigued?

If not, why would you even consider not running the next day?

memorialdayrunning wrote:

Interesting.

Most other places say to have a rest day.

The Hal Higdon plan I followed years ago prescribed a good cross-training session.

That's because they're written for beginners and fitness joggers rather than serious runners.

If you can't run the day after a long run you have run too far or too fast.

Have you never run before? why is this a question if you say 22 is about as long as you go?

The day after a long run you take it easy, just do enough to feel decent and get ready for the harder more intense stuff during the week.*

*Unless you are an ultra guy, then you do another long run so you can get used to running on dead legs.

Just do your usual double, 2 x 10 mi.

VerminMeat wrote:

*Unless you are an ultra guy, then you do another long run so you can get used to running on dead legs.

I believe it is better for hobby joggers who aspire to the marathon to run back to back long runs (eg. two 13 milers), rather than doing a 4 hour 20 mile run.

nothing special wrote:

Just do your usual double, 2 x 10 mi.

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How do you feel? Are you not able to make your own decisions? Do you rely on others, or worse, software, to tell you how you should proceed?You are obviously uncoached (otherwise they would tell you what to do) which means you are an amateur (I mean that in a positive way). Do what you want to do. Fap, eat ice cream, go for another 22 miler, ride a bike, etc.Do what YOU feel...

memorialdayrunning wrote:

Had a nice 22 mi long run today, which is about as long as I go.

What would be the best thing for me to do tomorrow?

rest or run, or perhaps hit the gym and cross-train?

That's under two hours running for most isn't it? Shouldn't be a big deal after an easy long run.

crazy raisin wrote:

nothing special wrote:

Just do your usual double, 2 x 10 mi.

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Do you make $250k and run under 14 min 5k? If your answer is no you should give up and leave letsrun mb to real runners.

Seriously mate? wrote:

That's under two hours running for most isn't it? Shouldn't be a big deal after an easy long run.

crazy raisin wrote:

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Yeah... if you're really beat up do 10 and 5 or a super easy 13. The Day after that of course you work out again. Something 10 x 1k.

Blah Blah Blah. wrote:

VerminMeat wrote:

*Unless you are an ultra guy, then you do another long run so you can get used to running on dead legs.

I believe it is better for hobby joggers who aspire to the marathon to run back to back long runs (eg. two 13 milers), rather than doing a 4 hour 20 mile run.

I can see the logic in that. However most people want to get in a long run so mentally they can know they can get past that 18-20M mark. I read the Hansons book where they don't prescribe going over 16M, and it made a ton of sense too.