There is a 15K exactly a week out from a half marathon that I am going to do in June. I've run it before, and it's an extremely fun race. I want to do it again this year, but I also need to get a 13+ mile long run in before my half. Does it sound like a good plan to run the 15K and do the long run the next day? How should I go about the next couple days to be well-rested for my half-marathon?
Run the 15k race for fun [not all out] and then do a 4 mile tempo run.
Why do you want to do a long run a week before your HM?
reality czech wrote:
Why do you want to do a long run a week before your HM?
I haven't done a long run recently that has been over 10 miles, and I want to PR in my half.
Assuming you care about your performance in the HM then everything else in your post makes no sense at all.
IF you are just doing the HM for fun then yeah, whatever go to the 15k, then a long run on Sunday, then do whatever it is you do for the HM.
On the other hand IF you are trying to run fast for the HM, you should do a decent warm up and jog down and just help pace a much slower friend for the 15k. You'll get your 13 without a huge effort. Racing the 15k would be idiocy.