youre going to tell me to do it, but im asking anyway

[al320]

A 15k two weeks after my full?

Ive done 5ks two weeks after fulls, and a 5 miler a week and a half later, and while not my fastest races ive felt fine.

So...what says ye h&f'ers? Its a new race, not sure about waiting to register.

[texassmith]

There's no way in hell I would have wanted to do that after my full. Even if I wanted to, I don't know if I could have physically pulled it off. I felt recovered just going about my day-to-day activities, buy my body revolted as soon as I attempted to run within the few weeks following my full.

ETA: But I've only done 1 full. You've done multiples and can probably predict how your body will react better than I could have predicted how mine did.

[clseale]

Yeah, it might not be your best race, but you can definitely do it. My running partner actually just did this exact thing in March. She ran Albany, and then ran our local 15k 2 weeks later.

Two weeks after Celebration, I ran 18 miles of her 22 mile training run with her, and I felt fine.

ETA: She winded up running the 15k, and having a lot of fun. She said she felt great, but she definitely didn't race it. For the 18 miles I ran 2 weeks after my full, it winded up being about 35 sec slower than MP.

[gt7301b]

I ran a 4 miler 4 days after my full. So that's my way of saying, do it, I'm an enabler.

[hannahb]

You can. I wouldn't but that's just me. I'm old and need more time to recover.

[runaways]

I PRed a half 3 weeks after I PRed a full. I think it's very doable if you're smart about your recovery.

[clseale]

Also, I didn't realize that you were so close to your race! 9 days!! Wheeeeee!!!

[cinco]

Sure, you can. Whether you want to is up to you! I like to wait 3 weeks before I race after a full. Well, except for this fall when I ran marathons 2w apart. I think you just have to really want to do the particular race. If I was ho hum about it, I wouldn't bother.

[labbie]

May 16, 2014 14:49:13 GMT -5 hannahb said:

You can. I wouldn't but that's just me. I'm old and need more time to recover.

This is me. My recovery included couch time and cheese and crackers with no running for a solid week , but it was my first one.

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[taratru]

I'm pretty sure I'm going to do a half two weeks after my full, sooo....