Half or 5K?

So my cross country season starts August 11 and there is a half on August 2. I want to prove to my coach what I can do in the 5K but I believe it'd be more beneficial to try the Half. What should I do?

Piper2 wrote:So my cross country season starts August 11 and there is a half on August 2. I want to prove to my coach what I can do in the 5K but I believe it'd be more beneficial to try the Half. What should I do?

i think more will be proven running a really good 5k rather than a good half since 5k xc distance for guys.... idk whatever u think

I'd focus on the 5k if I were you. Unless you only do 1 or 2 long runs and do a 2 hr+ half, it might affect your performance in xc

over the summer i planed 4 5ks a 5 miler and a 10 miler
if that helps
i try to stick to 5ks

5ks but, train with long runs just make 5k races a speed work out.

i say the 5k, if u run the half like a race, it will be to hard on your body.

you could safely do either, but i think the 5k has more benefit. i don't see how the half could help you that much....

it would just help w/ endurance, but break your body down to much.

*run*Forever* wrote:it would just help w/ endurance, but break your body down to much.

one 13.1 mile run will not help with endurance.

and it wouldn't break his body down either. really, any of us except for that one 7th grade girl on here could handle a half.

AudienceOfOne wrote:and it wouldn't break his body down either. really, any of us except for that one 7th grade girl on here could handle a half.

Who's that?

FinishingKick wrote:

AudienceOfOne wrote:and it wouldn't break his body down either. really, any of us except for that one 7th grade girl on here could handle a half.

Who's that?

i forget her name....

:?: well whoever she is she can't run a half

PCNQtrack wrote::?: well whoever she is she can't run a half

i'm sure she could, just not without breaking down her body,and it'd be very hard.

AudienceOfOne wrote:

*run*Forever* wrote:it would just help w/ endurance, but break your body down to much.

one 13.1 mile run will not help with endurance.

the training would

AudienceOfOne wrote:and it wouldn't break his body down either. really, any of us except for that one 7th grade girl on here could handle a half.

if u actually race it, it will take some time to recover. can i ask how many halfs have u done miler? since u seem to be the expert.

futureNIKErunner wrote:

AudienceOfOne wrote:and it wouldn't break his body down either. really, any of us except for that one 7th grade girl on here could handle a half.

if u actually race it, it will take some time to recover. can i ask how many halfs have u done miler? since u seem to be the expert.

OH, BITCHSLAP!!

futureNIKErunner wrote:

AudienceOfOne wrote:

*run*Forever* wrote:it would just help w/ endurance, but break your body down to much.

one 13.1 mile run will not help with endurance.

the training would

If you did them as part of a sequence of long runs it would.

I think it depends what your coach is into whether or not he/she wil be impressed by the 1/2 or the 5k. The 5k is more what you should focus on for XC, but I think the 1/2 shows more dedication and just plain enjoyment of running. I did a 1/2 in the middle of track season (probably not such a good choice, but I don't like track anyway...) and my coach was pretty happy about it. Anyway, I think you would probably be pretty well recovered by the start of XC even if you did the 1/2... especially if you took it easy for a couple days after the race... it also depends on how long your long runs are up until now. If I were you though, I would probably do the one that seems like more fun. There will be time to show you're coach what you can do throughout the season.