How long did it take to recover-IM?

Thanks guys..

It is like my mind wants to train and misses the endorphins but my body doesn't want to go much..battle of my mind and my body. 

Just as a precaution I'll see my Doc and see if she'll do some blood work to see if anything weird is going on. It seems odd to me and my coach that I feel worse than I did a couple weeks ago. 

I didn't do the Oly I was registered for yesterday (I have an odd post IM weird minor injury that is keeping me out of the water) but am doing an IM relay Sunday which has me a little concerned...I'm doing the bike portion. 

Let me see.  The left leg swelling took about 5 to 6 days easily to subside.  The mental wanting to train was always there, but the physical capabilities took close to 10 - 13 days.

An IM is taxing on your being, but, as it has been put, "If was easy, it would be called football (or whatever else you may have heard)".

Oh, the mind told me about a week but it was probably more like a month or so. (I ended up taking 4 weeks of Unstructured Training when I got back)

I remember someone dropping a friendly reminder during that time that "There is no such thing as a 10 mile run in Ironman Recovery"

He suggested I get out and run for the fun of it. Ride with the club and enjoy the sites. Swim with the group at the beach and soak up the sun.

I have a lot of mojo going in my marathon training and I would guess that the time off that I took really helped both mentally and physically

This thread is not boding well for my grand plan.

When my new cyclecross bike comes in I'll be trying that. Probably not racing cyclecross for awhile or even at all this year but learning, goofing around hopefully with some women from my bike race team. I infrequently ride with others but enjoy it immensely so am trying to do more social riding. Someone from my tri team is training for IMAZ and she says she is a bit slower paced than I am so I may do some long rides with her. I'm signing up for a two day ride with varying length options from 20-100 miles each day on seacoast of NH/ME.

I love riding best and September weather is excellent, kids are in school so I can ride more and still be home with them. So September is really for me enjoy my bike month with a little running, yoga, and optional strength training. I don't love swimming and currently can't do it due to an infected belly button...so no swimming for me.

I want to enjoy my fitness. If I don't start to feel better and nothing shows up after seeing my Doc, I may take my off season down time early as that should allow me to recover.

I wonder if driving 1600 miles as the only adult, stress, no workouts for 3 days of traveling, eating processed foods and sugar while on vacation when I normally don't, all added to me feeling crappy.

You'll be able to tell when you're fully recovered. I actually felt fine for the first week or 2 after the race and then it all hit me after that- I was really tired and felt like I had been hit by a truck.  It  took me so much effort to do the easiest, shortest workouts- it was really depressing.  Looking back, I tried to do too much too soon and it took me about 2 months to feel "normal" again and have energy.  Make sure to listen to your body and rest so you don't delay the recovery process.

It will be interesting to see how I feel after IMKY and how long it takes to recover.  I'm registered for Great Floridian IM distance 8 weeks later.  Maybe that was not such a good idea!  Sounded fun when I registered.  I was hoping for a 2-3 week recovery, 3-4 week training, and 2 week taper.  This may be revised!!  Any advice?