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Half marathon - in 2 weeks!!
Jellybaby
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Morning all,
I've got a bit of a dilemma. A few friends of mine are doing the wycombe half marathon in 2 weeks or so and one has pulled out. The others have asked me to do it and i've tentatively said yes as I'm planning on doing a half IM next year and would like to know how long it takes me to do the run distance fresh. I'm considering doing the f3 sprint on weds 15th july, but 1/2 marathon is on the 18th.
The furthest i've done in a race is 10k, and I have done an 8 mile run in training by accident (I ran further than i meant to and then had to go back). So, my main questions are:
a) Should I do it?
b) What's the best way to train leading up to it?
c) Should i do the sprint 3 days before?
Lastly, thanks to joolzd and scott for coming down to LL yesterday morning - that's the furthest i've swum at all, and I've never been able to do more than 600 crawl in training and did it for the whole 1900m. Cheers guys, your eally helped.
I've got a bit of a dilemma. A few friends of mine are doing the wycombe half marathon in 2 weeks or so and one has pulled out. The others have asked me to do it and i've tentatively said yes as I'm planning on doing a half IM next year and would like to know how long it takes me to do the run distance fresh. I'm considering doing the f3 sprint on weds 15th july, but 1/2 marathon is on the 18th.
The furthest i've done in a race is 10k, and I have done an 8 mile run in training by accident (I ran further than i meant to and then had to go back). So, my main questions are:
a) Should I do it?
b) What's the best way to train leading up to it?
c) Should i do the sprint 3 days before?
Lastly, thanks to joolzd and scott for coming down to LL yesterday morning - that's the furthest i've swum at all, and I've never been able to do more than 600 crawl in training and did it for the whole 1900m. Cheers guys, your eally helped.
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If its the latter then you'll be fine, do it. The step up from running 8 to 13 isnt that great, you only need a basic cardio to "get round" a half mara.........DO IT!!!
Only thing I would say is that obviously your time isn't going to be as good as it could, because you won't have had time to train or fully prepare for it, but give it a go and see how you get on.
b) I would try and do 3 of your 8 mile runs this week, like one on monday, another quick run tuesday, 8 on wednesday, rest thursday and and 8 on friday. Next week, run again on monday, race wednesday run 10k on thursday. Race on saturday!
c) Totally do the sprint. I wouldn't go deep deep into your red zone while racing but just keep in mind that you've got a longer event in a few days and need some hardcore recovery in between.