Most things that I have read suggest your most rest prior to your hard workouts and long workouts. The day after those workouts I commonly see an easy pace low mile recovery day if you are running 4 or more times a week or a rest day if 3 or less runs a week.
So in your case I would run a short recovery run at easy pace just to aid with recovery. For me that is usually an easy 3 mile run
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Couch to ??k - From the couch to a Marathon in roughly 18 months.
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