WWYD re: a half in 5 days

Wan-naBe

so i've got the hollywood half this saturday.  it's my second half marathon and i'm pretty excited.  i've been doing long runs once a week for the last four weeks or so, but i got sick last week and didn't get to run this weekend.  it should've been my 10-miler.

i'm still not 100% yet, but i'm almost there.  i thought i was good to run this morning, but spent half the night coughing and figured i'd better wait.  i don't have another chance to run until wednesday.

will i be shooting myself in the foot if i do 10 miles then?  i know your'e supposed to taper off quite a bit in the week before a half, but with my last long run being just 9 miles a week and a half ago i worry about struggling on saturday.

got any advice for me?  would you run on wednesday/do the full 10 miles?

ECUPirate04

This happened to me before my 1/2 in November and almost everyone said to consider it an extra long taper and run the race.

I did great and was well rested to run.  There is no way I'd run 10 miles now.

carlab44

I wouldn't do 10 miles on Wednesday. I would just do your normally scheduled run on that day and not worry about it being a few weeks since your last long run.

stinkerbell6879

SKIP THE 10 MILER!! Rest up and and you know you can cover the distance, so get better and good luck! I am sure you'll be passing me up

Wan-naBe

stinkerbell6879:

I am sure you'll be passing me up

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dude, let's meet up at least to say hello and take a picture together!  

 

thanks, ladies.  i really appreciate your input - i hate not having had all of my long runs in, but hopefully i'll be okay.  i'm guessing i won't beat my last time, but i'll be happy to finish either way. 

shorty20

Yes, definitely skip it, you will be just fine!

stinkerbell6879

Sounds good to me! I will PM you later so you can find me on FB