Planning 2014 races

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Hey ST!
I signed up for IMMT on August 2014 and wanted to plan a few races beforehand. I have only done 1 half this past year.

Planning for 2 halfs before the IM however there isnt much near me <3 hour drive, NYC.

There are 3 around me in the May-July period but 2 of which i cannot/advised not to do.
1 of them is 6 days after my first marathon. The other is a day after the other half.

Is 6 days too little rest time? Running is my weakest sport so i am currently working on that now.

Thanks for your advice.

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6 days after a marathon? A lot of people feel a marathon takes more out of you then an IM does. 6 days if definitely not enough time to adequately recover from running that distance.

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The marathon will require a lot of recovery time that will take away from you training. Drop the marathon and do the Tris.

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Marathoning is brutal, especially if your weakest sport is running. It takes just as much time to recover from as an ironman if you race it right. Treat it as a high priority race with big rest in the ~2 weeks after or drop it off the calendar, but racing a HIM 6 days later is just going to be garbage.

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Avoid doing what I did, scheduled two races in one weekend.

Littlefoot Sprint (Sept 6, last race of the Front Range Series) and Harvest Moon half-iron (Sept 7)

I think I’ll take the day off on Sept 8th.