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I am already signed up for a 5k for Good Friday. That makes it 9 days before Boston.
Here are my options...because you people are all certifiable coaches and running experts, I'd care to know your thoughts
A. run it hard and assume 9 days is enough time to recover and be ready to run Boston hard.
B. Pace my son which would be about 19:45, so almost full out.
C. Pace my wife which would be about 29:00
D. Make it a standard marathon tempo run.
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A is perhaps bad, depending on how quickly you recover.
B is the same as A.
C you can't go wrong with. Easy runs = good.
D only if you can string together a bit more tempo pace stuff.
My vote is on C. Honestly the others may be absolutely ok too... but C is ALWAYS ok and you can do whatever other speedwork fiddling you want in other workouts.
I like A,B or D if you treat as a workout
I like C if it scores lots of points with you wife that you can redeem for fabulous prizes later.
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C or D
Erring on C as it earns some great Brownie points
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C score wife later.
I see where you were going, pig.
I think with 9 days you are safe with A, but I am definitely not a running expert.
I want to do it because I want to do it. -Amelia Earhart
Absolutely not an expert, but my 5K PR is from a week before my first marathon. Certainly had no ill effects from that one. But then again I did not have an y time goals for the marathon.
I think that Nobby's Mater run coach also has a 5K scheduled the week before the big one, maybe just not go for a 5K PR though.
Give both races everything you've got.
Speed my steps along your path, according to your will.
haha, that's why I said certifiable coaches and not certified
I think with 9 days you are safe with A
E. Running is stupid and bad for your knees