Would you run two 5K in less than 18 hours? (Read 582 times)

I try to avoid racing two weeks in a row, although I do it on occasion (I rarely race 3 weeks in a row.) I almost never race two days in a row. Did it once this past June, though. Ran a road 5k on a Saturday morning at a good effort, and went into a 6 mile trail race on Sunday morning w/no expectations and not intending to go all out. I was having so much fun that I couldn't help myself though, so I did what I had to do to stay up front. I could tell I'd run the 5k the day before, but I mostly ignored it and then took a week or two of all easy running to recover properly. Just be sure to eat as soon as you finish both races, and to stay hydrated between them. I definitely don't recommend doing it on a regular basis (or at all really) but now and again isn't the end of the world as long as you acknowledge that you won't have your best performance in either race.

If it is super important to you to try for a PR on 9/7, then don't race 9/6. This either means "don't run the event" or it means run it easy, like you probably would run a training run in the days before a race anyway. But it is not a simple matter to run easy in a race situation. Me? I'd try to bust ass on 9/6 and run 9/7 at a relaxed pace. Even though 9/6 would be warmer. I like warm.

Ah, who am I kidding. I'd try to race both of them.

Actually, worst case is I go nutso on the 6th, lose my lunch on the only hill, miss out on the free beer, and then be ridiculed for not running the second because I was a giant wuss.

That would be worse, yes...

I ran 3 in 7.5 hours. For real.

In high school, I used to have to run the 5k followed immediately by 4x800 (it was nice when the girls went first but that didn't always happen) and then I'd get a short break and run the 1600. Then I'd get a long break and at the end of the meet I'd have to run the 3200. And you know what? As much as that sucked, it wasn't nearly as bad as doing the 5k and the 10k on the track in the same meet in college a few times.

In high school, I used to have to run the 5k

You ran 5k's in high school?

But have you ran this? Krispy Kreme Challenge I have a twisted fascination with running this thing. I don't know why.

No way I would do that. I would rather have to drink 12 beers and try to run back.

The Newport (Oregon) Marathon is an out-and-back. At M8, returning about M19, there's a station with oyster shooters. Those would be raw oysters. I can't *imagine* eating an oyster in the middle of a marathon. The last time I did it, one lady ate... wait for it... 40 (or maybe 41? I don't recall). And finished the race. Yeegads.