Combining sprint tri with marathon training?

[tuggyruns]

Oh wise H&F, what are your thoughts on working a sprint tri into the early parts of my return to running/marathon training?

I am returning to running after a stress fracture and doc has said he thinks i will be "more than fine" to continue training for Marine Corps once I finish my return to running program. (He's a runner and very knowledgable about marathoning etc)

SO I know I need to continue to cross train and the best way to keep me honest is to sign up for something. Yea or nay on working a sprint tri in?

[keweenawlove]

I've done tri training mixed in with marathon training before. I can normally only run 4-5 days a week before my body stops liking it. I'm sure your plan would work out fine.

My weeks normally end up being
4-5 days running
1-2 days swimming
1 day biking (I don't have many good bike routes around here so I get bored. I also bike ~50 minutes a day to work and back)

[Susie]

I haven't tried it, but I've watched several of my tri buddies do it. One did MCM in 2011 after a tri season, so the early part of marathon training was still during tri season, and another friend trained for NYCM this year, similar situation. (She ultimately ran a different marathon a week later.) It seems pretty do-able watching them.

[kams]

I did a December sprint & February marathon and it was nbd at all.

[coconutbug]

Sure, go for it! I've done it before and enjoyed the cross-training.

[shorewife]

Funny you asked this question. I'm just trying to plan my training today. I'm doing an Oly tri Aug 10th and then the NYCM Nov 3rd so I'll have about a month of training cross over. I want to make sure I'm training enough without over training for the run. My experience so far with training for an Oly tri and a half-marathon is that the cross-training seems to be serving me well with my running because I'm only running 2 days a week right now and I'm running pretty well. I guess I'll know the answer for sure after the half-marathon on Sunday though!

[tuggyruns]

Okay so I am pretty excited about this now!