Taper Madness!!!! (Read 603 times)

Just a few more days until Shamrock. I felt ok during the last couple of weeks during the taper but this last week it has all come crashing down so to speak. My symptoms include: Tired, tired (dead) legs Becoming a germ-a-phobe Feeling sluggish Anxious to get race day here and underway Feeling more tired in general Feeling like I just want to hole myself up inside and not come out until race day That's just to name a few. But the funny things is, my last few training runs have been the best ones since I began training for this thing. How do I get through this without losing my mind and driving those around me crazy?????

Not really phantom. Just the same ones that are usually there. Although some do feel a bitmore pronounced at this point....

Thanks Zoom. I really don't remember feeling like this before my first. But I was naive back then (2007).. I remember feeling anxious the first half of training for this one. But the anxious feeling over training passed, and now I am just going taper crazy...

Just a few more days until Shamrock. How do I get through this without losing my mind and driving those around me crazy?????

Is Shamrock a Marathon or other distance?

Which one are you going to run?? Cause Im trying to figure out what to say about the taper

You never know what people are doing or are going to try.........or what they think the ought to do...thus I ask the question so we can all know for sure. I just ran HALF (but im not an expert) but I dont think to much taper is requred. I know that I ran 20 miles during the week of my half which was on a Sunday (normally I run around 35 MPW)-- but I ran every day -- just a little less and a little slower, and then I took Saturday off from running - and felt fine for the race. My guess is you are tapering too much for this race distance. How many MPW do you normally run? and how much have you been running during your taper?