Racing a 5000m one month after a marathon

anyone?

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I've seen people race shorter distances few weeks after marathon.

I’m nowhere the quality of runner that you are, and am a masters runner to boot

That said, I raced a 5k 5 weeks after my debut marathon (this was several years ago). It went okay. I ran pretty close to my PB.

Thanks for the replies. I'll give it a go and see what happens. Will update after the marathon.

It’s not a terrible idea so long as you don’t rush back into training after the marathon. Your body is going to be pretty beat up and you’ll be at a high risk for injury if you jump back into things too fast. (Just finished my third marathon the other day and my legs are trashed.) You can still run a good race, and you should get a nice supercompensation effect from the marathon. Don’t worry about a loss of fitness.

After my first marathon (2007) I ran a pretty good 5k six weeks later, and after my second marathon (2018) I did a decent 10 miler four weeks later, without much in the way of focused workouts post-marathon.

Again, I’m not the most experienced marathoner on here, but I’d suggest one week of little to no running followed by another easy week (maybe 40 miles) before hitting any hard workouts. Maybe some 400s at race pace for coordination plus a little threshold work, but you’re not going to have time to for much.

Also, with a recent 33’ and a 72’ you should be able to run faster than 2:37 on most courses/conditions. Respect the distance, run smart, etc., but I think you could aim a few minutes faster without too much risk.

Cheers for the reply. As far as how my body feels post-marathon, I have no idea what that will be like. My longest run has been 23 mi @ 6.40 pace on hilly trails. So what condition I'll be in after 26.2 @ 6.00 pace is a complete unknown.

The supercompensation effect sounds nice! Giving it two weeks before really hitting a hard session sounds sensible, I'll take that on board. I find I race pretty well coming off mostly "strength" work anyway so hopefully a few sessions of 4s and 6s will tune me up for a PB.

As for the marathon goal, I just want to have a solid first marathon experience. The course is a little rolling and the weather at that time of year can be temperamental (often windy, sometimes hot/sunny, sometimes overcast/humid, etc). If I can get a solid marathon under my belt then I'll be happy to go into my next one (probably in December of this year) with slightly loftier ambitions.

you'll be alright, not really worth a thread unless you're injured after the 'thon.

I targeted a marathon, got a PR, then didn't want to waste my fitness and ran a 5K 19 days letter. Good news is, I PR'ed my 5K (I'm a 48 yr old hobby jogger, who broke 20).

But then I was out of commission for a month and half after, succumbed to a hip injury.

I ran the marathon yesterday, managed 2h35' with fairly even splits (77.20 through halfway). The course was actually long so I finished with 2h37' but the organisers took off 90s to make up for the overdistance after receiving complaints about the race volunteers sending people the wrong way lol.

Legs are in pieces today, but I'm happy with how the marathon went and looking forward to training for something shorter (once my legs feel like they belong to me again).

true brit wrote:

I ran the marathon yesterday, managed 2h35' with fairly even splits (77.20 through halfway). The course was actually long so I finished with 2h37' but the organisers took off 90s to make up for the overdistance after receiving complaints about the race volunteers sending people the wrong way lol.

Legs are in pieces today, but I'm happy with how the marathon went and looking forward to training for something shorter (once my legs feel like they belong to me again).

Good run !

If i were you, I’d take two weeks very easy, two weeks that include a 5k specific workout, and then race week!

true brit wrote:

I ran the marathon yesterday, managed 2h35' with fairly even splits (77.20 through halfway). The course was actually long so I finished with 2h37' but the organisers took off 90s to make up for the overdistance after receiving complaints about the race volunteers sending people the wrong way lol.

Legs are in pieces today, but I'm happy with how the marathon went and looking forward to training for something shorter (once my legs feel like they belong to me again).

Wow, that sucks. Those guys complaining just put a huge asterisk on everyone's official time. Even the admission they went the wrong way invalidates the marathon, IMO. But adjusting times is total minor league bull.