Comments on: The Perfect Taper? http://faster-running.com/general-training/the-perfect-taper/ Tips for improving your running Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:47:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: kch http://faster-running.com/general-training/the-perfect-taper/comment-page-1/#comment-20 kch Mon, 22 Oct 2007 00:24:17 +0000 http://www.faster-running.com/uncategorized/the-perfect-taper/#comment-20 I think my taper would have worked out fairly well, but a family emergency resulted in me needing to be out of town and missing the race. Now my sights are set on training well for a spring half-marathon and a fall marathon. I think my taper would have worked out fairly well, but a family emergency resulted in me needing to be out of town and missing the race. Now my sights are set on training well for a spring half-marathon and a fall marathon.

]]> By: Blaine Moore http://faster-running.com/general-training/the-perfect-taper/comment-page-1/#comment-19 Blaine Moore Mon, 22 Oct 2007 00:13:38 +0000 http://www.faster-running.com/uncategorized/the-perfect-taper/#comment-19 Wow, this is the second most relevant result that I have seen on Blog Rush yet! (The first was when it returned the same article that it appeared next to - gotta admit, it was relevant...) I wrote an article this evening about my taper for next week's marathon. 10.5 miles on some trails, followed by about 6 miles of hiking while I marked the trails for a race that I unfortunately can't run next weekend, and then 3 or 4 hours of raking leaves. It was a full day; I should sleep well in a few minutes. I hope that you are well rested for your race. I'd be careful that you don't cut too much from your weekly workload in your taper, especially a few weeks out. Cutting too much can throw your immune system out of whack and make it easier for you to catch a cold before race day, which is never fun. Not that I suggest that you follow my lead; I probably should have taken it a bit easier this weekend. It's the happy medium that people never seem to actually find... Wow, this is the second most relevant result that I have seen on Blog Rush yet! (The first was when it returned the same article that it appeared next to - gotta admit, it was relevant…)

I wrote an article this evening about my taper for next week’s marathon. 10.5 miles on some trails, followed by about 6 miles of hiking while I marked the trails for a race that I unfortunately can’t run next weekend, and then 3 or 4 hours of raking leaves. It was a full day; I should sleep well in a few minutes.

I hope that you are well rested for your race. I’d be careful that you don’t cut too much from your weekly workload in your taper, especially a few weeks out. Cutting too much can throw your immune system out of whack and make it easier for you to catch a cold before race day, which is never fun.

Not that I suggest that you follow my lead; I probably should have taken it a bit easier this weekend. It’s the happy medium that people never seem to actually find…

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