how often to race

On Wed, 23 Nov 2005 21:39:11 +0100, marko <[email hidden]>

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I just ran a 10km last sunday, and I wonder if it is appropriate to run
another one this up-coming saturday, considering :
1/ the past 10k was a PR that I ran fast.
2/ I think I've recovered from it.
3/ I've never run 2 races one week apart.
4/ I wish to reiterate a PR, but this time with better pacing.

do you think this makes sense?

The rule is rest 1 week for every mile you raced. Two weeks isn't
enough unless you took a week off, even then I doubt it.

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marko said:

I just ran a 10km last sunday, and I wonder if it is appropriate to run
another one this up-coming saturday, considering :
1/ the past 10k was a PR that I ran fast.
2/ I think I've recovered from it.
3/ I've never run 2 races one week apart.
4/ I wish to reiterate a PR, but this time with better pacing.

do you think this makes sense?

Nothing wrong with racing two weeks in a row, as long as you don't do this
every week. You should be able to recover from a 10k in less than a week.

The reason to not race every week is that it interferes with your training,
and it's a lot of unneeded/unwanted mental stress to go all-out week after
week. Physiologically, you could be doing long runs on all those weekends, and
that you're either losing mileage by resting up before the race or squandering
your race by not doing so.

Mentally you either get stagnant or burned out.

Cheers,
--
Donovan Rebbechi
http://pegasus.rutgers.edu/~elflord/

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Quoted message said:

I just ran a 10km last sunday, and I wonder if it is appropriate to run
another one this up-coming saturday, considering :
1/ the past 10k was a PR that I ran fast.
2/ I think I've recovered from it.
3/ I've never run 2 races one week apart.
4/ I wish to reiterate a PR, but this time with better pacing.

do you think this makes sense?

Marko - don't see a problem. I've just run races on successive weekends.
It's not interfering with your training. I would say - go for it!

Anthony.

Anthony said:

Marko - don't see a problem. I've just run races on successive weekends.
It's not interfering with your training. I would say - go for it!

ok, thank you Anthony and Donovan for your answers.
I might try and run it if I feel good on saturday.
Anyway it won't be interfering with my training as my next goal is a 10k
feb. 5th, then a marathon in april...
Also, even if it won't be another PR, it's gonna be a good speed workout
anyway ;op

m

On Thu, 24 Nov 2005 09:49:59 +0100, marko <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Also, even if it won't be another PR, it's gonna be a good speed workout
anyway ;op

You'll crash and burn at mile 5.

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