Help Your Recovery from the Belfast Marathon - no matter what your distance

May 6, 2019 Tanya Ross

Sunday 5th May has been a date in many people’s diaries for a long time now. With approximately 5,000 entries, this year’s Deep RiverRock Belfast City Marathon was another amazing day for everyone!

The brand new route, covered all four corners of the city, with options for runners to take part in the 26.2 mile marathon individually or as a team relay, a 9 mile walk and a 2.5 mile Fun Run - so there was something to suit all abilities. The marathon started at Stormont, worked it’s way through North, East, South and West of Belfast, and finish at Ormeau Park. Organisers promised a flatter and faster route, to help with some PBs this year.

So, how’s your training been going? What’s your recovery and self care routines? Did you make the most of the all important taper? As you know, the tapering phase is a critical part of your marathon training. During these last couple of weeks, you should have cut back your mileage to give your body and mind a chance to rest, recover, and prepare for your marathon.

Stuart Kennedy, Official Marathon Coach for this year’s marathon said recently:

I have found myself being very busy giving advice over the past week since the taper has started. This is the time to keep calm and trust your training. There’s something I do when I coach individuals. When I run up a very steep hill with an athlete I get them to look back at the hill they have just climbed & instead of focusing on feeling tired they focus on what they have just achieved. This is what I want you all to do, think of all the months of training you have done to this point, the LSR, the hill sessions, the faster paced runs, the races. The times you dragged yourself out of the house when all you wanted to do was sit in front of the TV and eat your dinner. Focus on what you have achieved on this marathon journey so far. Keep your thoughts positive, you are amazing.

As you’d expect #TDRAcademy are here to help you - let us do what we do best and help you recover now after the event!

Alana has a special #TotalBodyStretch class coming up where she'll be paying particular attention to the appropriate #muscles for #running.

These classes are very specific and personal - only 5 spaces are available and at £8.50 payg - the best value personal training!

6.30pm Wednesday 8th May - will focus on recovery of the muscles that feel the tightest post run.

Wherever you're tight, Alana will focus on these areas to make the class specific to you! These will much more effective stretches than what you would do yourself left alone at home!

And, Gary is also available for post event sports massages - he ran the full Marathon himself so knows exactly what you’re going through and what you need! He even managed to clock a great time of 3m11s for the marathon! Well done Gary - the training and prep and recovery throughout all went well!

He’s available on:

Mondays daytime (not 6th may though!), and Wednesday and Thursday evenings.

All classes and appointments can be booked online. Book via tdracademy.co.uk which will link to your MindBody account. (Do you have a Mindbody account? You can use the app or desktop version to book in. But, if you don’t, use the desktop site to create an account and book in).

Help get yourself recovered for the Belfast Marathon and prepared for any future runs - no matter what your distance. At TDR Academy of Movement & Therapy - we can help!

The TDR team hope to see you soon to help you reach your goals! We hope everything went smooth today for you all!