2 HMs in 3 weeks- what to do between?

[ktzmoh]

Who here has done half marathons relatively close to eachother? If you have 3 weeks, but only 2 weekends in between, what would you do with that?

If if matters, I'm not going for any PR in the second one, it's a trail challenge and just for funsies with my husband (his first!) and friends.

[Deleted]

I've done three HMs in three consecutive weekends. I'd recommend small runs in between just to keep everything moving. Maybe mix it up with something else entirely like swimming, cycling.

[kams]

I would take a couple of really easy days right afterwards, then resume regular mileage for the second half of the first week. Long run 8-10m. The second week, run what your taper week was the week before your first race.

This is what I would do in theory. Last time I did back to backs, I think I just pretty much tanked the in-between, and it turned out ok, but not as well as I would have liked. Next time I'll try to actually run in between a bit . That recovery is important too, though.