Friday, March 4, 2011

Sweaty Bands Winner and race question

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Congratulations to Abbie, winner of the Sweaty Bands giveaway!
Abbie, I have emailed you at the email address I found through your blog.

Thank you to everyone who entered!

I know this is so wrong, but now when I hear winner, I can't help but think of:



Ok, enough of Charlie Sheen.

Thoughts please:

1. I am signed up for a local, but hilly, half marathon on April 3.  I'd love to beat my previous best time of 2:21:10 that day, (and think I've been pretty good with my training) but *shouldn't* be too surprised if I don't, because holy hills.



2. Hubs and I are going to Ohio Memorial Day weekend, and planning to run a 5k on while we are there (I don't have any huge 5k goals...would like to be better than 10:00 pace though).

3. A friend just asked if I'd like to run a half marathon with her on May 22.  It's a relatively flat course.  It's only 45 minutes away.


My thoughts:
-Eek, a half only a week before a 5k!?
-What if I bomb the April 3 half?  It might be nice to know I've got a chance to redeem myself before summer is officially here and I will want to crawl into air conditioning and not come out again until October.
-If I DO beat my time goal on April 3...I could possibly further improve my time 7 weeks later on a flatter course.

Is this running timeline too crazy??

7 comments:

  1. A half, a week of rest, and then a 5k is TOTALLY doable. Go on with your bad self and rock it.

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  2. I say you're okay. Each year I do my spring Half and 5K back-to-back weekends... and it's okay. I think those 3 races sound fine together.
    LMAO on Sheen... so sick of him!!

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  3. I don't think the timeline is too crazy but it depends on whether or not you plan to use the first or the second half as a lower key race. If you flat out run the hilly course it might take a week to recover. The downhills always shred my legs. But if you dont get the time you want. You have 6 weeks to train for half #2 which is totally doable. Since you already have the mileage & are in racing shape. The 5k the week after is fine.

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  4. That Charlie Sheen image is terrifying.

    I agree that your timeline is probably okay.

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  5. I think it's a good timeline actually. You could probably do like 3 long runs in between your 2 halfs and be fine! I always think of 5ks as well I only have to run a 5k! The way you are running I bet you can get under 30mins no problem! Do it and then you can relax a bit in the hot/humid weather ands just enjoy being outside!

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  6. I think the plan sounds doable! It's funny that he says winner when he clearly looks the opposite. :) First time to your blog! Look forward to reading more!

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  7. Thank you for all the responses! The friend talking me into this says she actually PRed at her 5k the week after a half marathon!

    Kathleen- I think I'll play it by ear after the first one, but probably take it easy for the week after, regardless. We'll be out of town for a friend's wedding the week after the first half, so I won't be doing a long run that weekend anyway.

    Vicky- I think you're right! I'll have to figure out the specifics later. But with taking a week to recover then picking up the training again, I think I'll be ok. I'm feeling good with my current mileage so I don't anticipate any problems with keeping it up another 6-7 weeks through the end of May. Summer training is brutal for speedwork... I'm thinking I should definitely take advantage of spring weather for training/racing.

    Stephanie- thanks for reading!

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