RunningAHEAD - Topic: Who all here's in taper...? (page 2)

Lifesabeach

posted: 9/16/2008 at 12:28 AM

yay! TAPER!!! ok. so enjoy if for a few days. then start to show your cuckoo. Tongue

jk! rest up...sleep load and get fresh. You'll have a great race. Big grin

Jennifer mm#1231

YouSeeSanDiego

Asics' Benefactor

posted: 9/16/2008 at 12:47 AM

I'm starting my taper for a 10k on the 28th early Time to drink up before my last year of undergrad starts!

2008 Goals:
~~Run 5k (Naked Juice)~~ 07/13/08 - 28:39
~~Run 10K (San Diego AIDS)~~ 09/28/08 - 51:59
Run a 25 mile week Run a 100 mile month

Purdey

Self anointed title

posted: 9/16/2008 at 3:12 AM

Hi Kirsten - congratulations on getting through some tough training. Enjoy the taper - I've got two more weeks of high mileage then I'll join you. (Just the 7 days of taper for me.... we'll find out if that is a mistake on Oct 5th!). Good luck friend.

jeffdonahue

posted: 9/16/2008 at 7:36 AM

Not yet, one more long run in two weeks. Good Luck Kirsten

mark-bixler

posted: 9/16/2008 at 8:49 AM

I am with Peach, my marathon is March 22 so I don't even begin my training plan until 10/6....Gonna do Pfitz's 24/55 plan. 90% of my training runs will be in the dark, before work, most likely at 5 a.m. Happy, happy, joy, joy..... Good luck to all those in their final taper before the big day!!!

Listen. Yeah, it's gonna hurt some. That's the marathon business.

But here's the thing. When it starts to get intense, that's not time to panic. This is what you wanted to happen. It means that all the training, all the miles, all the wakeups, all the cold, all the wet, all the sleep-deprived days and all the shit you've done to yourself over the last 6 plus months is finally about to pay off. It means you've put yourself where you wanted to be. You've given yourself an opportunity that very few will ever have. You've given yourself a chance.

Now finish it.

celiacChris

3Days4Cure

posted: 9/16/2008 at 10:42 AM

Quote from zoom-zoom on 9/15/2008 at 4:59 PM:

This girl, baby! Ooh, yeah...how you like me now?! Go me, go me, go go go me! *does Cabbage Patch & Running Man, trips, falls down, busts ass*

Congratulations, Kirsten. People tapering for the big day are my heroes! I'm in a mini taper for my first half this weekend, but that's nothing compared to your hard work and training. Congratulations!

Chris
PRs: 27:26 5k/ 49:52 5mi/ 58:17 10k/ 2:09:24 half/ 5:13:17 Full

Post-Bipolar PRs: 38:35 5k/ 1:09:34 8k/ 1:09:39 5mi/ 1:33:03 10k/ 3:20:40 Half

2022 Goals

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rectumdamnnearkilledem

posted: 9/16/2008 at 10:54 AM

Quote from mark-bixler on 9/16/2008 at 8:49 AM:

I am with Peach, my marathon is March 22 so I don't even begin my training plan until 10/6....Gonna do Pfitz's 24/55 plan. 90% of my training runs will be in the dark, before work, most likely at 5 a.m. Happy, happy, joy, joy..... Good luck to all those in their final taper before the big day!!!

Man, 24 week plans...yikes! I was just saying to backroadrunner that I can't imagine a training plan that lasts that long, though I guess my marathon training was kind of like that. I had only a 3 week gap between 25k training and race before the marathon training started.

Getting the wind knocked out of you is the only way to

remind your lungs how much they like the taste of air.

~ Sarah Kay

mark-bixler

posted: 9/16/2008 at 11:10 AM

Quote from zoom-zoom on 9/16/2008 at 10:54 AM:

Man, 24 week plans...yikes! I was just saying to backroadrunner that I can't imagine a training plan that lasts that long, though I guess my marathon training was kind of like that. I had only a 3 week gap between 25k training and race before the marathon training started.

I think I was a little under-prepared endurance wise for my first marathon. So, I figured I would go with a plan that was higher mileage (for me) and lasted about 6 weeks longer so I could hopefully get that endurance thing under control... I have no idea if it will work or not...But it's worth a shot...

Listen. Yeah, it's gonna hurt some. That's the marathon business.

But here's the thing. When it starts to get intense, that's not time to panic. This is what you wanted to happen. It means that all the training, all the miles, all the wakeups, all the cold, all the wet, all the sleep-deprived days and all the shit you've done to yourself over the last 6 plus months is finally about to pay off. It means you've put yourself where you wanted to be. You've given yourself an opportunity that very few will ever have. You've given yourself a chance.

Now finish it.

rvelich

Another Passion

posted: 9/16/2008 at 11:56 AM

For those of you who are, or will soon be, marathon tapering, you might find some useful information/comfort in this article here: http://www.runnersworld.com/article/0,7120,s6-238-244--10201-1-1X2X3X4-5,00.html I found several items in it to be mentally helpful to me prior to my first. Of course, my taper was kinda prolonged because I was partially broken going into my race, but I still found quite a bit of the information useful... especially the mental stuff.

Rick
"The will to win means nothing without the will to prepare." - Juma Ikangaa
"I wanna go fast." Ricky Bobby
runningforcassy.blogspot.com

kcam

posted: 9/16/2008 at 12:23 PM

I'm not yet tapering but the weird thing is I'm kind of not looking forward to it. Seems I'm fascinated by how many miles I can put in each week. Before this training cycle I've never put in more than a week or two in the 60's and never more than 72 once. This cycle I've been consistently hitting 60's, 70's and even 80's. Heck, I ran 66 miles last week and didn't even do a long run. I hope this portends good things for my 10/28 marathon. I'll do a two week taper but I'll probably be oh-so-disappointed to see a 50 mile and 40 mile week in my calendar. I don't know what I'll do the week after the marathon when the calendar will slap me with a 20 mile week (if I'm lucky)! Good luck to all those tapering for their races.

cgerber

posted: 9/16/2008 at 4:56 PM

Yup, tapering here too. Race is this Saturday, then I'll have a week or two or three of recovery. Tapering/recovery sucks...

lostinthenet3

MM#1869

posted: 9/16/2008 at 5:11 PM

Stupid question does one have to taper? Is it possible to run right up to the marathon? I plan on running baysate in Oct and I know I am not preparard for it. Last weekend told me that but I already felt that way. My plan is to just run as much as I can between now and the then, start the race and see what happens. Doug.

"If you run, you are a runner. It doesn't matter how fast or how far. It doesn't matter if today is your first day or if you've been running for twenty years. There is no test to pass, no license to earn, no membership card to get. You just run."

seeEricaRun

Awesome

posted: 9/16/2008 at 5:14 PM
modified: 9/16/2008 at 5:18 PM

Quote from zoom-zoom on 9/15/2008 at 4:59 PM:

This girl, baby! Ooh, yeah...how you like me now?! Go me, go me, go go go me! *does Cabbage Patch & Running Man, trips, falls down, busts ass*

Two more weeks for me (and dreading it for the first time), but I have to admit, I'm excited to see your race report. I know you've been working your butt off, so I hope you rock it!

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