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cycling seems unnervingly easy with legs heavy from running.
more weight through the pedals init.
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its a hobby innit - do what you enjoy...
Just try to forget the bike ride on the Saturday and don't cut corners on the run...
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I've routinely cycled the day after long runs, since my first marathon, and found it good for active recovery. Slightly different story with a long run/long ride combo, but the only real risk is being zonked out for a few days afterwards, which may affect your marathon training for the following week. But I'd be inclined to do the run on Saturday, make sure you keep the pace easy, and refuel loads. Maybe early bed/early start Friday/Saturday to give yourself a chance of decent sleep before Sunday's ride as well. Rather than skipping the ride, which you obviously want to do, the only compromise I'd consider would be cutting the Saturday run down to mid-length (18 -20k?) which would still help top up your endurance.
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What about a long bike ride the day after a long run (whilst mid marathon training plan)? My legs felt very heavy after Sunday's 15k run but cycling seems unnervingly easy with legs heavy from running.
Have a 24km run sheduled for a Sunday in Feb (will be the longest run so far) but I'm signed up for a 100km Audax (with a 75km cycle to start of it, 25km to get home) that day. I like the ride and I've done it 4 or 5 times.
Do I:
a) Sack off the long run (maybe trying to move the distance to other runs earlier that week, I could make my Thursday morning commute a HM or even that 24km) and do the cycle on Sunday after maybe a parkrun on Saturday?
b) Move the long run to the day before (Saturday), HTFU and do the long cycle on the Sunday?
Monday is my rest day, and I can take it easy Tuesday too (will just have a 40 minute 5-a-side game in the evening if I get the train to/from work rather than cycling).
Quite separate is the fact that I've only really been doing ~30km of riding each week (commuting and utility cycling) but I've got through this early year long ride on that fine in previous lazy years. The Sunday ride also requires a 5am departure and I hate mornings.