London Marathon 2025: How to recover safely? Expert shares five top tips for runners on post-marathon recovery

London Marathon 2025: How to recover safely? Expert shares five top tips for runners on post-marathon recovery

Running a marathon will push your body to its limits 🏃‍♀️

We are all in a marathon one way or another. It's long, hard work and the real result won't come this week

This morning belongs to the ‘children of Pheidippides’ – or at least it does in my neck of the woods. The London marathon is a huge national sporting event, for some. For others it’s something they are aware of but don’t really think about that much. For me it’s become something of an annual ritual, one that I chose by accident. I live along the route. Every runner bar the elites will have run past my house this morning. We always go out and wat…

"A marathon or 10 Miles is not a festival where you just buy a ticket." Sports physician Tom Teulingkx warns about the increasing number of participations of unprepared runners in major running events. "Not everyone can just handle 16 kilometers or more." He therefore advocates an admission test.

Marathon recovery - Women's Running

The race is over and now it's time to put your feet up. Laura Fountain shares her top tips for successful marathon recovery.