post race exhaustion

So I have done the marathon thing, and I was expecting the recovery from the half iron man to be fairly similar.  I gotta tell you, while I don't have the injury or tightness issues like after the marathon, 1 week out, I still feel totally sapped of energy.  Ran 2 miles on Thursday and felt like my feet were made of lead.  Played golf yesterday, and it wiped me out like when I was 360 pounds.  Still feeling it today, like theold days..  Is this normal?  I was planning to start ramping up so I would be where I need to be for full IM training plans by next week, but I am not so sure I could run a 5k this week. 

It will take you about 2 weeks to recover. That's why I suggested not doing another half that close together... Give your body time to recover. You need to eat a lot, and drink a lot of Sports Drinks right now. Up your protein as well. 175G - 200G for about another week then back to normal... Ease back into your training and you will be fine. Alas, we learn that racing is not just about racing. LOL... Training, racing, recovery, nutrition, injury, fears, doubts, uncertainties, and the anticipation to did it again SOON!

what Dan said, totally normal.  I read a good article, and have empirically observed this with myself after big events as well, that state that recoery from a big event like a 70.3/marathon/140.6 etc. should be treated at the very least like a reverse taper.  days of rest, slowly ramping back up etc.  if you go at it too fast you risk injury (both physically and mentally) as your body is healing and will reject the workouts if you try to ramp up too quickly.

I have ZERO experience with this magnitude of event, but wanted to chime in with a vote for patience, protein and hydration.  You'll perk back up if you give it time.