Is it essential to rest the day before a marathon?

I'm doing the Keilder marathon on Sunday, my 2nd marathon. The training plan I'm following says 2 mile run Friday and rest Saturday. I would rather rest Friday and do a slow parkrun on Sat, maybe jog round in 25 mins? It is parkruns 8th birthday I think and due to work I only get to do one about once a month at the most. Obviously the marathon is far more important so I have no problem dropping the parkrun if it's going to do my marathon time any damage at all.

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