Got to admit, I've never tried an ice bath before. I've heard good things and theoretically it sounds like a good enough idea.

We used to do some crazy runs on the beach, there's a giant set of stairs and we'd do god knows what, carrying logs/ each other, wearing loads of jumpers to soak up the water then sprinting the stairs.

In the winter you were much more likely to need a good warm up cos the stifness could injure you, but afterwards I didn't get any DOMs and this was when my diet was pretty poor... I think it's because we spent quite a while in the north sea, even if it was snowing!