Recovery Run?

I've always found the concept of a recovery run to be a bit of an oxymoron. Running to recover from my long run? It still doesn't compute in my brain. Yesterday morning (the real day after my long run) I did end up walking from Union Square to my house on 71st via the High Line.

That means instead of just heading north, I went west, before heading north east. Basically I walked all around Manhattan. So my legs were really tired yesterday. But this morning, I felt great on my run. I thought I was sluggish, but my time said otherwise. So afterwards, I treated myself to a recovery drink, "chocolate milk," and a buttermilk biscut.

I can't tell you how great this biscut is - light, moist, flakey goodness. I also love the fact that I have an excuse to buy and drink chocolate milk (because if you don't have a kid, it just seems strange), but Runner's World said it was a good recovery drink, and by God I'm sticking with it!