How to Recover From a Marathon in Record Time

How to Recover From a Marathon

Trade your oatmeal for eggs for better marathon recovery! Credit: thebittenword.com

6. Protein load? You may notice that “eat lots of protein” is conspicuously lacking from this list. This is because if you eat lots of extra protein, you’re probably just putting unnecessary calories into your body that it doesn’t know what to do with — plus, in extreme circumstances, too much protein can tax your kidneys. Stay away from manufactured protein shakes and just try to incorporate a regular source of protein into each meal. (Hopefully you do this anyway!) If you can avoid low-protein meals for a day or two after the race (e.g., choose omelettes over oatmeal), that would be best, but a normal amount of protein is plenty for your muscles to recover.