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Re: Boston + St George doubling [ryla]
In 2017 I did Boston and the Santa Rosa half which in that year was happening in mid-May - so I had 3 weeks and 6 days to recover, complicated by having to go to New York on my way to California for some business. You will have 2 weeks and 5 days, so sort of close. I was 44 at the time just for the reference. One thing I had to sacrifice was my pool time prior to Boston - I think that I swam maybe 20k yards total in the 3 months leading to it.

Did not run Boston particularly well (3:16) and was pretty trashed at the finish line. I took the rest of the week after Boston almost completely off from cycling/running and did about 11 hours of training in the following 2 weeks with the emphasis on swimming and cycling. I showed up at the lake feeling pretty fit, but I gotta tell you that the last 20 miles of the bike in Santa Rosa were not fun - I had realized by then that I was way undertrained, and the residual fatigue was hitting me hard. On the flip side, I ran a low 1:29 off the bike on a course with like 30 turns - and that felt easy. I think that I had the 3rd fastest time in the AG.

So - if you are good with recovering quickly, you can do it. I would not expect an earth shattering time in St George which is a much harder course than Santa Rosa. I think that the end result is largely dependent on how good of a swimmer you are. If your strength is running as opposed to swimming/biking - reduce your target watts by a lot.

Next races on the schedule: none at the moment
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