Subject: RE: tri then half? Training is one element and you're already planning to train for both. It sounds like neither is a "new and different" experience, so the question is whether you can do them on successive weekends? Yes. Strategy plays an important role though. As a point of reference, there is a popular race series in Ohio that consists of a sprint-tri Friday afternoon, OLY Saturday morning, OLY Saturday afternoon, and HIM Sunday. There are also people who run back-to-back (i.e. Saturday & Sunday) marathons (raises hand on this one). Key is to go easy enough on the early race that you're prepared to finish the second and push through that initial fatigue at the start of the second race. (In my case, the second race was about an hour longer than doing it stand-alone) If you've done an OLY, how did you think you performed and how quickly did you feel "recovered?" How do you think this would change if you'd been already training for the longer run? No reason you cannot plan to do both as long as you have the time, money, and motivation. |