Comments on: Marathon and half-Ironman less than a month apart?

By: stan

stan — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:41:51 +0000

eu acho que voce vai fazer bem. nem escute pro os outros!!!!!

By: TriPiKapp

TriPiKapp — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:36:58 +0000

I’m not going to try to talk you out of it, but I did something similar last year. I did a HIM and a marathon 3 weeks later. The HIM went great: the marathon training did wonders for my running leg and I got faster as the run went. I PR’d by over an hour. The marathon comes and I felt fine going into it, but was tired at mile 12. The recovery just wasn’t there. I melted to a 5:30 and was humiliated.

Bad idea, man. Bad idea.

By: Darrell

Darrell — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 04:29:07 +0000

I think the one in Ogden is the one for you. That’s the one I’m doing, and it will be good for me to try and catch you.

By: bob

bob — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 03:44:39 +0000

sign up for the painter’s half marathon in jan in st. george with shaun and i, then come do the moab 30k trail run (it’s only 18 miles) with shaun and i again. it is absolutely gorgeous down there…

By: Joshua

Joshua — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:07:19 +0000

Actually, I’m chafing to do something. I was burned out for one day, last Monday, and since then I’ve been dying to get signed up for something because I want to get out and train with a purpose. I don’t do too well when I’m not signed up for something. If I’m not signed up for something then I won’t do anything at all. I’ll just sit around and not get out, because there’s no pressing reason to get out. I just took a year off, basically, and have only been back into triathlon for two months.

I’m not saying I need a marathon in April, but I need something that I can be training for right now, and sometime next year I need to do at least a marathon and the full IM. The half is really optional, I suppose, but it seems like a good idea to get another one under my belt prior to the full.

By: TeKoi

TeKoi — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:02:01 +0000

In my opinion, Seth, I agree and disagree. I think Josh right now is a little burned out and needs to take a good couple months off and do whatever he wants to do. From now until the beginning of Spring he’d be working on long endurance training that is very low impact. To start training for a marathon in April requires a good 4-5 months of preparation, unless you’re doing just to do it with little thought of a PR. That means you’d be training for 10 months of the year, and you’re last race was just 2 weeks ago.
By waiting a little while longer and starting your ‘official’ IM training you could have a good, solid, strong base to be able to do something (I’m not saying to do it), like the Utah Half IM, 6 weeks later a marathon then 6-7 weeks later an IM.

By: Seth@WannaTri

Seth@WannaTri — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:52:21 +0000

Given what I’ve read in your other posts, it sounds like you are a little burned out. I don’t think stacking the marathon and half-IM are a good idea, regardless of the time of the year. would you basically be forced to not train after your marathon in Sept. until your IM in Nov?

If you do go with the above schedule, I’d be mindful of injuries and illness. You may have better luck doing a marathon in April, and the half in Aug, and the full IM in Nov. That way you at least have some time between the half and full to continue training and plenty of time for a good taper.

By: Joshua

Joshua — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:46:43 +0000

Ha, well maybe I should do the Utah half in August, the Top of Utah marathon in September, and then the Florida full IM in November? How would that be for stacking everything together?

By: bob

bob — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:43:52 +0000

utah half is good. yes, it is very hot on the run. lots of shade though on the run running along the provo river trail. the bike is relatively flat considering we’re in utah.
training for arizona i did the utah half in august then did the top of utah marathon in september.

By: bob

bob — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:40:23 +0000

vikingman half ironman