solution for the overtrained legs?

Kerry warned me about this. And apparently I forget sometimes that I am 39 (40 this July). I severely overtrained my legs in March in my quest for our team yardage record. He told me that I might not recover for our Pac Champs (I didn't), and I might not even recover for Nats (obviously I didn't). I was ok, not great, for 50s and 100s. But anything over a 100 and I was toast as my legs were just non-functional. I am not complaining/making excuses, for 2 reasons: I achieved my goal and broke our team record, and two, the meet is over and I need to move on. But my question is this: how do you recover o/t legs? I've looked at a lot of sites and haven't seen any good ones, a lot of body building stuff too. I wanted to start running today, but I don't want to dig an even bigger hole than the one I'm in. I've never overtrained anything, so this is new for me. All suggestions are welcome. Stretching- how often? Massage- how often, type? Other?
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  • I am often perilously close to overtraining my legs b/c of the combo of exercising I do. When I feel it coming on, I have to back off on leg based exercises for awhile. I like the 60 minute P90X stretching video. Massages definitely help, but how often can one get them after all? The foam roller helps some. I've just ordered a pair of compression/recovery tights to assist on this issue. Ice baths to zap lactic acid as soon as possible after workout. They're torture though. I've given up running if it's during the course of a serious training period with a taper meet at the end.
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  • I am often perilously close to overtraining my legs b/c of the combo of exercising I do. When I feel it coming on, I have to back off on leg based exercises for awhile. I like the 60 minute P90X stretching video. Massages definitely help, but how often can one get them after all? The foam roller helps some. I've just ordered a pair of compression/recovery tights to assist on this issue. Ice baths to zap lactic acid as soon as possible after workout. They're torture though. I've given up running if it's during the course of a serious training period with a taper meet at the end.
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