1/2 Mary 3wks after sprint?

I was planning on doing on the week after!  If my body lets me.

For a sprint, you probably won't need a multiple-week taper. I would say that if you work a taper in the last week or 5 days before your sprint, you should be fine. As for recovery time afterwards, it's different for everybody but you may need a day or two or three to bounce back from the tri. I would guess that you'll be ready for a 1/2 mary 3 weeks later without issue.

If your endurance training is toward the half-mary, then you should have PLENTY of recovery capacity to not have to take much down-time at all after the sprint tri. Two to three easier days should do you fine. But don't try to cram your run distance training into the three weeks between.

And tapering for a sprint... Maybe a day or two.

What Training Plan are you following for your Half Marathon?

I ask because most plans will schedule the Longest Long Run 2-4 weeks before the race and then go into taper. My only concern with doing the sprint would be your ability to complete all of the workouts in your training plan for the Half at the proper intensity. (Especially the Long Runs)

FWIW: Many training plans include the concept of a Tuneup Race in the phases of training and so the idea of racing in the middle of a training cycle is not entirely out of hand.

im doing a sprint, then another sprint 2 weeks later, then a 1/2 mary one week later

I second this... two to three days tops before and after the sprint. In fact I would simply view the sprint as a hard training day.

Which race is more important? Is either an A race for the season?

The answers to these questions should help guide you to how you want to address your taper and recovery.

Shane

I'm doing the opposite, a half-mary then two weeks later a sprint. While I am by no means an expert, I tried to overlap the two training schedules and it worked out great. If you haven't yet, make an attempt to organize your training schedule through the sprint and you can do a little juggling. Seeing it on paper really helps.

I expect to also listen to my body and rest when necessary, knowing that the half-mary will really benefit from the rest. I think it's definitely possible! I am glad to hear the responses you received too, that basically the sprint is "small enough" that a short taper and recovery are fine.

Here's to aggressive race schedules! This year anyway...

well all depends on your training.

2005 I did a half mary,full mary,half mary,8 mile run, then full mary then 3 weeks later 50k.
ok I do not beleive in 20 milers in marathon training. I beleive in doing more marys .

Question to is do you want to finish or do well in the 1/2 mary?
either way I would focus more on the 1/2 mary if I was you. Make sure you do your long runs in. you need to get used to the distance running. do atleast 1 more mid week and fill in with swimming and biking. I would make sure you get in the cardio time though

If you run a 10 min mile and your midweek run is 4 miles or 40 mins I would make sure you bike or swam that day for atleast those many minutes.

Beauty of tris is you could end up over training for the half mary but not injury yourself because of xtraining and do really well in thoery. I have not really ran a race since I got into tris because of a long nagging running injury though. stupid 2006.