I prefer morning runs but not too early maybe like 7-8 AM. Like you said tho I don't get to do them all that often with school so usually I do afternoon runs which aren't bad but the winter with the sun going down earlier doesn't help that out.
I'm thinking dumbo or Mickey but I'm going to wait and see them in person.
Per my doc, no N-saids within 24 hours of a long distance race.
Not a marathoner yet, but I've gone up to 22 miles and have been running for many years... and my standard answer is "whatever's been working for you in training."
It's totally an individual thing and you won't know what you prefer until you try. Me, I only use cool soaks to bring down my body temp when running in our 100* heat indexes; I don't know if it aids my recovery, but it sure makes me feel less like I'm dying. In the non-infernally hot months I prefer a warm epsom bath post-long run. But that usually happens about 45 mins after my run, after I've spot-iced any trouble spots and had some food and hydration.That's the part giving me fits!
Depends... for runs under 6 miles, I love sunset, whenever that happens to be. For long runs, I'll take mornings: I'm NOT a morning person, but I find the early hours easier to maange food/ heat/ getting stuff done later in the day. Racing, I always prefer mornings.
