Racing goal 3k indoors in March. Was scheduling a race for 13 days prior to it and have two venues and 3 races to choose. Which makes the most sense?
5k Road 13 days out of goal 3k
or
1500 or 3k indoor 13 days out of goal 3k
if I go the 5k route, does 13 days give time to gain the benefits from racing the 5k
What's the weather were you are? If the road 5k is gonna have a chance of ice/snow/sleet etc., you're either gonna hold back or have a bigger chance of an injury. 2 weeks is more than enough to recover from an all-out 5k and get some more quality in though.
If you don't regularly run on indoor track, I would take one of the indoor races for sure.
The 5k would be USATF masters road 5k in Atlanta Georgia
Are you racing anything else earlier in the build? The 5k sounds fun but I would race the 3k 2 weeks out, especially if you're not racing any other 3ks in the build. Get your body used to the speed of the distance when you're not tapered 2 weeks out. Then come back 2 weeks later & smash it.
Ideally you'd hit some early 1500s and then a couple of 3ks. I don't think it will make a huge difference tho so do you makes you happy. I'm sure the 5k would be fun. Just recover after it.
NERunner03533 wrote:
Are you racing anything else earlier in the build? The 5k sounds fun but I would race the 3k 2 weeks out, especially if you're not racing any other 3ks in the build. Get your body used to the speed of the distance when you're not tapered 2 weeks out. Then come back 2 weeks later & smash it.
Ideally you'd hit some early 1500s and then a couple of 3ks. I don't think it will make a huge difference tho so do you makes you happy. I'm sure the 5k would be fun. Just recover after it.
I am racing a road 5k December,
1500 and 3k January, and possibly 5k road
5k road early feb.