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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.