I wanna sign up for full marathon, but am afraid I will be immobilized following the race, and will be unable to function the next day at work. Should I sign up anyway? Does anyone have any secrets to running a marathon and just showing up to work the next day feeling great and ready to work?
Be fully prepared and trained for the race. If you're in the condition you should be the next day will be fine. The day after my first one I had to help my sister move into her new apartment, which included carrying furniture up a few flights of stairs. I felt fine and it wasn't a problem at all.
Going against what the other poster said and say no.
People react differently to the marathon. I've run 8 of them and can say that I will try to always take the day off from work the next day. If I run hard, I can hardly walk the next day and sometimes not even be able to get out of bed. That's marathons that I avereged 85 miles a week for 15 weeks, with a high of 100 or so. Is that not training enough?
My advice about the marathon: Respect it and only do it of you are ready to give it your all and let it immobolize you for a day or two. Go hard or go home.
Or run it easy if you need to function the next day. Choose one or the other.