Running Long and Short

Posted by weltal327 on 8/31/2007

I know many of you are marathoners in training or full marathoners who also run 5ks and 10ks. This weekend I have a long run planned for Saturday and a 10k on Monday. I think I may go out soft on the 10k and just try to get sub-hour on it, but I was wondering if any of you guys and gals have strategies that have worked for you when dealing with this kind of thing. Perhaps I shouldn't go out soft or just wait and depend how I feel. I don't really know.

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stone cold says:

stone cold
You need to know the purpose of each run you do in your build up to your goal race .
I assume your 10 K is a training run and not a race . You need to ask yourself " what is the purpose of this training exercise " If it is to recover from Saturday long run then you need to go easy about a 60 - 70 % effort .
If the 10 k is a race why would you do a long run 2 days before ? If it is something that must be done your best bet is to make sure to get some carbs and a bit of protein into your system as soon as you finish your long run . Do some stretching and ice anything that is sore . You also don't say what you are doing on Sunday . A light run maybe 20 min at 60 % effort followed by 3 - 4 strides of 20 sec at mile race pace would be to your benefit .
As to how to run your 10 k with tired legs a good warm up with strides will help and really you should not be to far off your normal times .

by stone cold on Sat, 2007-09-01 20:07