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dublin Half -jog it or give it a lash

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  • 19-09-2014 9:32am
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    rdunne
    Registered Users Posts: 280 ✭✭


    morning all.

    I have a dilemma . With the dublin half marathon coming up on saturday.

    I did the Dingle marathon two weeks ago in 3:45, no problems really and took a week off and I will be doing dublin marathon in a month.

    I can jog down and jog the race to get a 20 miler done OR turn up and give the Half a good go and try get under the 90 mins. I have not got under 90 this year. My halfs are all around 95-98 ( i have not ran hard in a half this year)

    So should I race it or jog it , knowing dublin is 4 weeks away :confused:


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    Krusty_Clown
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    I'd suggest staying in bed and having a good lie in. Not sure what you'd hope to achieve by racing a half marathon 2-3 weeks after running a marathon, but if there was ever a time you were most likely to get injured, this'd be that time. So maybe the 20 miler is a better option, but I gotta ask the question: are you hoping to improve on your Dingle time in Dublin?


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    rdunne
    Registered Users Posts: 280 ✭✭rdunne


    Krusty_Clown wrote: »
    I'd suggest staying in bed and having a good lie in. Not sure what you'd hope to achieve by racing a half marathon 2-3 weeks after running a marathon, but if there was ever a time you were most likely to get injured, this'd be that time. So maybe the 20 miler is a better option, but I gotta ask the question: are you hoping to improve on your Dingle time in Dublin?

    im looking at 3:30ish for dublin, I was grand after dingle.

    I think ill do a 17mile jog. take it easy for most of it...


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    Krusty_Clown
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    Hi rdunne, I've been in a very similar situation (ran my first marathon in August 2008 and ran Dublin in October 7/8 weeks later) and it's very difficult to see where an improvement can come from, with such a short opportunity for quality training. You've got to be thinking in terms of taking 2-3 weeks easy after the first marathon, and then ramp-down with 2-3 weeks to go for the next marathon, unless of course Dingle is a very tough course, or you took it pretty easy. But anyway, you probably don't want to hear this. Good luck in Dublin. Stay injury free!


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