Is a Saturday Parkrun compatible with a Sunday LSR?

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Moleshome Jul 2013 11:31am, 2 Jul 2013 189 posts	0 Moleshome I tend not to do Parkrun because it doesn't seem like a good idea doing it the day before my LSR ie.two hard days together. What does anyone else do?
sheri3004 Jul 2013 11:34am, 2 Jul 2013 17,071 posts	0 sheri3004 Yeah, I do that rather a lot Not saying it is advisable in ideal world, but it's usually OK. A lot of my parkruns are not necessarily flat out though, more of a tempo run.
Tarahumara Jul 2013 11:36am, 2 Jul 2013 918 posts	0 Tarahumara Depends how you train really - and how you run the parkrun I run 7 days a week so if I didn't run hard because I was running longer the next day I'd never run hard!
Pedro_Perez Jul 2013 11:38am, 2 Jul 2013 810 posts	0 Pedro_Perez Good question! Been thinking the same recently too, be intersting to know what people think. Personally, I am not 100% sure it is, especially if its an all out effort but on the slower days....maybe its ok.
Tarahumara Jul 2013 11:38am, 2 Jul 2013 919 posts	0 Tarahumara Nah... go for it Pedro!
HermanBloom Jul 2013 11:40am, 2 Jul 2013 3,532 posts	0 HermanBloom I have been aiming for 5k PBs recently, so haven't been doing long runs on the Sunday. From August I will be going back to just enjoying the parkruns and then doing longer stuff on the Sunday. Works OK for me when I approach them in that way.
Tarahumara Jul 2013 11:43am, 2 Jul 2013 920 posts	0 Tarahumara I do both... but I guess it depends on your training volume and what works for you
HermanBloom Jul 2013 11:44am, 2 Jul 2013 3,534 posts	0 HermanBloom My knees just can't handle really pounding out the 5km and then 24 hours later going for a long run. Well they can, but then they ache for days afterwards so it kills my midweek stuff.
Ultracat Jul 2013 11:46am, 2 Jul 2013 10,415 posts	0 Ultracat It would depend on how hard you run parkrun. I tend to treat them more as tempo type runs and occasionally race them. I sometimes do a long run on the Friday before parkrun.
sheri3004 Jul 2013 11:55am, 2 Jul 2013 17,072 posts	0 sheri3004 When you become addicted to parkruns you have to fit them in come what may Not that I am addicted. Nuh-uh, not me.