I've entered for a 10k on the 19th, but there is another one on the 26th which I would also like to do. I also have a marathon on 10th October. I am aiming to do the 10k in 6-6:05 pace and the marathon in 6:50. Would it be a bad idea to do all three? Current mileage is 70 mpw.
Sure you can do all three, but you might have to pick just one as your A race.
You can probably recover from the first 10K in a week if you don't go full tilt at the end. Save that last 2% for the next race. That is, of course, if the second 10K is actually the more important race for you.
As for recovering from the 10K in time for your marathon, I hope so. I'm running a 10K two weeks before Boston, with goal times slightly faster than yours. The 10K is my A race.
The top 30 teams in the NCAA do it. Should we tell Wetmore et al that it might be a bad idea?
hamsteronline wrote:
I've entered for a 10k on the 19th, but there is another one on the 26th which I would also like to do. I also have a marathon on 10th October. I am aiming to do the 10k in 6-6:05 pace and the marathon in 6:50. Would it be a bad idea to do all three? Current mileage is 70 mpw.
You can do all three. Does it make sense? No.
I would skip the second 10k and run the first one full out and calculate your marathon pace from that result.
Predict Cheney wrote:
The top 30 teams in the NCAA do it. Should we tell Wetmore et al that it might be a bad idea?
They race a Thon in NCAA? 🤔