I'm racing on Sunday. My legs are kind of feeling dead from lots of training. I don't really want to taper on the mileage. Should I run 4 and 6 on Friday and get up at 6:00 AM or should I sleep the extra hour before work and run 10 in the evening? I think the extra hour will be beneficial and if I take the 10 ridiculously slow, then I'll be fine. What do you guys think? Is there really a benefit to running a 4 miler and a 6 miler?
A good race IS the best training. Sleep in, run 4 on grass as slowly as possible in the afternoon, repeat on Saturday.
Save the sprints for your warmup before the race. Don't do them Friday or Saturday.
your post implies that you already have your mind set on doing 10 miles friday, so jungleroy's response really doesnt answer your question at all. i would sleep in and do 10 in the afternoon really slow, it sounds like you're leaning toward that anyway. it shouldn't hurt you if you're a higher mileage runner, and since you you don't want to lower the miles for a race, i would assume that you are. good luck in your race.