Recovery Day For Thousands Who Ran In Philadelphia Marathon
By Pat Loeb
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- If you see a lot of people walking funny today, show some sympathy. They probably ran Sunday's 20th Philadelphia Marathon. Recovery takes a few days and everyone has their own formula for getting through it.
"I like to eat an awful lot, that's my thing."
At first, it's about what you put in your body, after the race, to replace what you took out during it.
"First thing, four Advil."
"I usually don't eat a lot of meat, but after the marathon I will eat protein -- a steak or a nice piece of salmon."
"I drink chocolate milk -- and then some beer."
But even beer can do only so much for the Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness that runners woke up to on Monday. Savvy runners know ice helps; but how to ice both whole legs.....
"Take an ice bath, with a ski cup and a hot cup of coffee and almost go hypothermic, but it's the best thing you can do after a marathon."
Veteran marathoner Bill Rodgers counsels light exercise, like walking or swimming, but mostly, he says...
"Celebrate what you did because the marathon, it really is a celebration of life and that's what I love about marathoning. It's hard though. It really is a hard sport."
