While studying exercise physiology in graduate school, I came up with this scientifically based marathon recovery plan. I use it after my marathons and have successfully used it with thousands of runners since creating it. The key to marathon recovery is to run enough but not too much, to give the body time to heal but to hold onto your base fitness (the old “use it or lose it” idea) and to rest and recharge the mind so you are itching to get back to full training and your next goal. You’ll ...