Running is hard on your body. Follow pro runner Michael Wardian’s tips and you’ll bounce back quick from races or killer training days.

You’ve just run a marathon – or an ultramarathon. Walking down stairs and getting into your car have become momentous tasks due to halting quads. Racing again next week is probably off the table, let alone running fast.
That’s how it goes for most of us. But Michael “Iron Mike” Wardian is not most of us. Wardian, age 41, of Arlington, Va., earned his nickname by racing seemingly every weekend.
In 2015, so far, he’s raced seven marathons (his best was 2:23:32), placed eighth at the highly-competitive Lake Sonoma 50, and attempted the treadmill 50K world record three times, including two attempts within 30 hours of each other (he broke the record twice).
