05 May 2008 06:26:08

jack

Question about scheduling races

Hi all. I'm a fairly new and still slow runner. I've done 15 or so 5K's and my long runs are now up to about 8-9 miles. I'm planning on doing my first 10K in a few weeks. There are a couple of races coming up this fall that I'd like to do. One is a 15K in late October and one is a half-marathon in late November. If I do the 15K, will I have ample recovery time available to do the half a month later? Thanks for your help. Jack

05 May 2008 07:41:22

rick++

Re: Question about scheduling races

Shouldnt be a problem. if it is, then spread them out mor next time. I'd recommend a 13 mile trainign run before the half marathon.

05 May 2008 07:44:38

jack

Re: Question about scheduling races

On May 5, 9:41=A0am, "rick++" <rick...@hotmail.com > wrote: > Shouldnt be a problem. =A0if it is, then spread them out > mor next time. > > I'd recommend a 13 mile trainign run before the half marathon. Great. Thanks much. I plan on working up over the summer/early fall to 15 miles before the half, but since I've never fun half that far yet, I was concerned about the time needed to recover. Thanks again.

05 May 2008 14:46:37

Elflord

Re: Question about scheduling races

On 2008-05-05, jack <jack.stewart@tyson.com > wrote: > Hi all. I'm a fairly new and still slow runner. I've done 15 or so > 5K's and my long runs are now up to about 8-9 miles. I'm planning on > doing my first 10K in a few weeks. There are a couple of races coming > up this fall that I'd like to do. One is a 15K in late October and > one is a half-marathon in late November. If I do the 15K, will I > have ample recovery time available to do the half a month later? > Thanks for your help. Jack Yes, that's plenty of time. I'd recommend racing fairly frequently (say twice a month or so) Cheers, -- Elflord

05 May 2008 13:12:45

tfactor

Re: Question about scheduling races

On May 5, 9:26 am, jack <jack.stew...@tyson.com > wrote: > Hi all. I'm a fairly new and still slow runner. I've done 15 or so > 5K's and my long runs are now up to about 8-9 miles. I'm planning on > doing my first 10K in a few weeks. There are a couple of races coming > up this fall that I'd like to do. One is a 15K in late October and > one is a half-marathon in late November. If I do the 15K, will I > have ample recovery time available to do the half a month later? > Thanks for your help. Jack I've had both good and bad experiences running races close together. Last spring I had a very bad race for my first half-marathon and I think what happened was that I was teetering on the brink of over- training and a 5-mile race a month before pushed me over the edge. I tried to push on with my training after the 5-miler and didn't allow for any recovery and suffered badly in the half-marathon. On the other hand I think doing a couple of 10Ks early this winter really helped prepare me for my first marathon in the late winter and a half-marathon in early spring. I've essentially given up doing formal speedwork and instead run shorter distance races during training for longer distances. So far that approach seems to be working for me. Maybe you could sign up for both races and see how you feel in the fall. You can always treat the 15k as a training run if you don't feel then that you're up for two races in close succession, although I suspect by then that you'll be fine doing both as full races.