Quote Originally Posted by Travs View Post
I generally run every day on the build-up to a race.... but in terms of hard effort i'd usually want minimum two clear days of easy running prior to a race.... so if the weekend race was a sunday, i'd do a thursday session, but if it was a saturday race then i'd skip the thursday session.

Exception being the inter-counties this weekend where i want to be absolutely fresh... i'll do tonight's session then it will be easy all the way to sunday.

I have been slightly more reckless in the past.... in fact i got a pb by about 15mins at Roaches, less than 24hrs after running an XC fixture... and have also ran the Marsden-Edale Trigger the day after XC.... but in this year's spirit of being more sensible, it just doesn't appeal to me to hit a target race with anything less than 100% fresh legs.
Ya see, i can't get my head around the idea of a parkrun having any sort of impact on your legs; so long as you're running well that is, like you and i normally do, 3/4+ times a week that is. Are you referring to microtearing?

Quote Originally Posted by MattPo View Post
See you at Cookridge Mr B.
Yes. I'm going for a recce this week, just a slow one i think. There are so many twists and turns in Golden Acre i think i need to know exactly where i'm going and when, and what to expect, i can't get a race plan together otherwise. I'll be starting nice and fast though.