How Long Should You Rest After a Marathon or Ultra?
There’s no precise answer, but there are cues to find out what’s best for you.
Stefanie Flippin is a professional trail and ultrarunner, holding three of the top ten fastest 100 mile times ever for North American women, and is the 2021 national champion in the distance. She partners with athletes of all abilities and surfaces through her coaching service. She strongly believes in the power of representation and lifting athletes up at every stage of the journey. Stefanie is also a board-certified foot and ankle surgeon and private practice owner. She is a writer for Trail Runner Magazine and Relay, a collaborative running media and content group on Patreon.
There’s no precise answer, but there are cues to find out what’s best for you.
For years, this elite runner, coach, and surgeon specializing in lower extremity injuries treated hundreds of runners. Until it was her turn to be sidelined.