Heavy 1-week hike 3-4 weeks before 50K - thoughts?
I am planning to shift from tarmac to trails (yay!), and found a nice local 50K race in September to aim towards.
However, I am also planning for a longer adventure-style hiking trip (100km+ in 5-6 days with 25kg+ gear) with a few friends, and this would be 3-4 weeks before the 50K event. After this first hike I will also have a second, more relaxed, 4-5 day hike (~2 weeks prior to the race).
Do you think this will completely ruin the race prep, or, could it even be a good way to have double peak in the prep? My goal is to just finish 50K and enjoy the process.
Draft plan for the last weeks would be:
- Wk t-5: Actual peak volume week with 4h+ long run in trails
- Wk t-4: Recovery week (to survive the hike)
- Wk t-3: 1st hike (heavy with higher effort)
- Wk t-2: A few days of recovery, then off to the 2nd hike towards the end of week
- Wk t-1: Back from the 2nd hike mid-week, then some running efforts to wake up legs
- Wk t-0: Race week
Would love to hear feedback and thoughts from more experienced people, especially on how you fit this kind of hikes in your training plans. Thanks!