I realize this is a highly individualized question, but how long AFTER racing a full IM would you feel ready to properly race a 70.3?
I'm trying to sort out my mess of a 2021 season with all these race deferrals. At present it looks like my season would be Chatty 70.3 May, Lake Placid 140.6 July 25, Maine 70.3 Aug 29 with maybe a couple OLY and/or running events sprinkled in there.
Is doing the Maine 70.3 a month after Lake Placid too aggressive? Lake Placid would be my third IM. Aiming for something in the 11 hour range. My 70.3 times last year were around 5:15 and I've gotten A LOT faster this year so think cracking sub-5 for the 70.3s is very doable.
In past IM's, I've found I get the post-IM blues pretty hard, especially in 2018 when I underperformed my and didn't have any other races on the calendar. But in the past I was playing it conservative as I do tend to be somewhat injury/sickness prone and have a relatively stressful life (high stress job, 2 year old son, etc).
I'm trying to sort out my mess of a 2021 season with all these race deferrals. At present it looks like my season would be Chatty 70.3 May, Lake Placid 140.6 July 25, Maine 70.3 Aug 29 with maybe a couple OLY and/or running events sprinkled in there.
Is doing the Maine 70.3 a month after Lake Placid too aggressive? Lake Placid would be my third IM. Aiming for something in the 11 hour range. My 70.3 times last year were around 5:15 and I've gotten A LOT faster this year so think cracking sub-5 for the 70.3s is very doable.
In past IM's, I've found I get the post-IM blues pretty hard, especially in 2018 when I underperformed my and didn't have any other races on the calendar. But in the past I was playing it conservative as I do tend to be somewhat injury/sickness prone and have a relatively stressful life (high stress job, 2 year old son, etc).