Color Correct before or after compressing to Pro Res?

Hi,
I have about 53:00 of footage that is 90% xdcam hd 422 footage (1080i60, 1920/1080, 29.97fps). Unfortunately, some of the material was shot 23.98. After researching it, I converted those to Pro Res 422 29.97.
I need to deliver the project in either XDCam 422 HD or Pro Res. Since I had the 23.98 issue I'm going to convert everything to Pro Res.
I will need to deliver the entire media managed project. So I'm going to compress to Pro Res then.
My question is, should I color correct before or after? I'm still waiting to get final approvals so I'd love to start color correcting now, but I hate to waste time if it's not going to be accurate later. Nothing is broadcast safe and the chroma need to be pumped up in the interviews and taken down in other places.
My deadline is next friday, so it has to be at FedEx on Thursday.
Thanks for you help!

Does anyone have an opinion?

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