Flying the day after a marathon

RayCun

I'm running Dublin in a few weeks, and heading over to Spain the next day. (My recovery plan is a)drinking red wine, b) eating lots, and c) sitting on the edge of the pool dangling my feet in)

Is flying the next day going to be bad for my legs? Is there anything I should do to counteract this - wearing compression socks, getting up for a walk every 20 minutes...?

rovers_runner

RayCun wrote: »

I'm running Dublin in a few weeks, and heading over to Spain the next day. (My recovery plan is a)drinking red wine, b) eating lots, and c) sitting on the edge of the pool dangling my feet in)

Is flying the next day going to be bad for my legs? Is there anything I should do to counteract this - wearing compression socks, getting up for a walk every 20 minutes...?

Flew home from Barca this year the morning after, legs were fine, glad of the rest.

Flying to the marathon destination before hand is the tricky part.

SUNGOD

i flew the day after connemara a couple of years ago , its grand just drink plenty of water which you should be anyway and move around on the plane.
i went for a walk to toilet every 40min or so just to stretch legs as you would stiffen up in the seat.
compression socks/tights are an option but i didnt bother with them

Peckham

Flew back from Berlin the morning after the race. The only problem was the rather significant hangover I was enduring!

I also flew to NYC the day after the Dublin marathon a few years back. Made sure to take frequent strolls up and down the aisle.

To be honest, you'll be fine just flying to Spain. The walking around airports will be good for keeping the blood flowing and loosening up the legs again.

TFBubendorfer

I flew back home from Boston last year 24 hours after running the marathon. I did not do anything special and I did not encounter any problems, apart from being unable to sleep on the flight (which I don't think had anything to do with running the marathon).

Krusty_Clown

I think I have always had a flight lined up the day after a marathon. They key is to make sure you are very hungover, with a slightly queasy stomach. Also try to eat some very unusual unidentifiable deep fried food the night before (if it resembles a kebab, you get bonus points). Aim for less than four hours sleep, don't buy any water before getting on the plane, and make sure you sit among people of impressive girth and add a sprinkling of really young children. Anything less is just cheating.

RayCun

I'll bring that checklist with me after the marathon so. I can supply my own young children so I'm already ahead of the game.

catweazle

I flew a few hours after a 1/2 Ironman no real problems, make sure and give the poor mouth to them about your legs at check in and they will reserve you the escape aisle seats

HardyEustace

RayCun wrote: »

I'll bring that checklist with me after the marathon so. I can supply my own young children so I'm already ahead of the game.

In that case I'd feed them blue smarties and plenty of full sugar coke to ensure that you've overcome any advantage of them being your own.

asimonov

Krusty_Clown wrote: »

I think I have always had a flight lined up the day after a marathon. They key is to make sure you are very hungover, with a slightly queasy stomach. Also try to eat some very unusual unidentifiable deep fried food the night before (if it resembles a kebab, you get bonus points). Aim for less than four hours sleep, don't buy any water before getting on the plane, and make sure you sit among people of impressive girth and add a sprinkling of really young children. Anything less is just cheating.

and don't forget to wear your medal.

HardyEustace

asimonov wrote: »

and don't forget to wear your medal.

And limp.

Brianderunner

Try to avoid ryanair the day after a marathon, Nothing like the 2 mile walk down to/from gate 37D in Dublin Airport with DOMS from hell. Never ever get a flight home the day of a marathon if you can avoid it, talk about the post marathon blues.

And sit in the emergency seats, loads of legroom and nobody takes them.