Is running the Comrades Marathon, AfricanX and Two Oceans too much?

Is running the Comrades Marathon, AfricanX and Two Oceans too much?

Similar to a question we had a few weeks ago about doing the Great Wall of China Marathon and  the Comrades Marathon, we got the following question in from Dave Riches today.

Dave wanted to know as a first time Comrades Marathon runner 2015, would one be able to include the AfricanX three day trail run into a training plan? Or would it be too much and require a lot of recovery being so close to Two Oceans and in the critical months leading up to the Comrades Marathon?

The aim would be to run it for the time on the legs as opposed to racing it.

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Brad Brown: Similar to a question we had a few weeks ago about doing the Great Wall of China Marathon and  the Comrades Marathon, we got the following question in from Dave Riches today.

Dave wanted to know as a first time Comrades Marathon runner 2015, would one be able to include the AfricanX three day trail run into a training plan? Or would it be too much and require a lot of recovery being so close to Two Oceans and in the critical months leading up to the Comrades Marathon?

The aim would be to run it for the time on the legs as opposed to racing it.

Trail running is very different to the Comrades Marathon

Lindsey Parry: Running off road has unique challenges because there’s so much climbing. The reality of it is the actual physical distances of that AfricanX. If you’re an experienced runner and you use that as a really long training run, it is not going to do that much damage to you.

But you have to accept then that Two Oceans needs to be a very easy run, even easier than you would normally run it. For an inexperienced runner it’s probably a bit much and it becomes an either or situation – decide whether you want to do African x or if you want to do Two Oceans.

Just the sheer over load of mileage is going to open you up to injury risk particularly if you are a novice to the Comrades Marathon or if you’re someone who has not run a lot in the past. Those are the 2 scenarios I would look at. If I was Dave, I would probably do one or the other.

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