Have you ever tried a one week taper?
Do you define taper as a reduction in quality and long runs or a reduction in weekly mileage?
I have done the 10 day taper before. Once it worked well and once it wasn't enough.
Are we there, yet?
The quality or intensity should still be there, but yes, a mileage reduction including the amount of quality. I wouldn't run 6 x 800m but I might run 3 x 800m mid-week. Since I didn't normally run farther than 16 miles anyway, running 12-16 miles a week before a marathon was not unusual for me and not too much more than what one would find in a 2-week taper.
2024 Races:
03/09 - Livingston Oval Ultra 6-Hour, 22.88 miles
05/11 - D3 50K 05/25 - What the Duck 12-Hour
06/17 - 6 Days in the Dome 12-Hour.
Runs4Sanity
No run today
Felt okay during the workout this morning, feeling better now. This morning's workout was focused on the back.
Narrow Grip Lat Pull Down: 70lbsX8reps, 60lbsX12reps, 70lbsX8reps, 60lbsX12reps, 56.2lbsX14reps, 70lbsX8repsBent Over One Arm Dumbbell Row: 30lbsX12reps, 35lbsX12reps, 30lbsX12reps, 35lbsX12reps, 30lbsX12reps, 40lbsX8repsUnderhand Seated Cable Row: 50lbsX12reps, 60lbsX8reps, 50lbsX12reps, 60lbsX8reps, 50lbsX12reps, 60lbsX8repsRear Delt: 6 sets/ 12 reps/ 40 lbsParallel Grip Lat Pull Down: 60lbsX12reps, 66.2lbsX8reps, 60lbsX12reps, 60lbsX12reps, 70lbsX8reps, 60lbsX12repsSeated Cable Row: 60lbsX12reps, 60lbsX12reps, 60lbsX12reps, 70lbsX8reps, 60lbsX12reps, 70lbsX8reps
I am noticeably feeling better now, so hopefully that evil stomach bug along with gas pressure is gone...... I could seriously hear and feel air moving around in my intestines last night
*Do It For Yourself, Do It Because They Said It Was Impossible, Do It Because They Said You Were Incapable*
PRs
5k - 24:15 (7:49 min/mile pace)
10k - 51:47 (8:16 min/mile pace)
15k -1:18:09 (8:24 min/mile pace)
13.1 - 1:53:12 (8:39 min/mile pace)
26:2 - 4:14:55 (9:44 min/mile)
8 miles this morning....work today and starting a bathroom demo tonite....kids on vacation this week...i should let them demo the bathroom as they will likely demo the rest of the house ....anyway have a great day everyone!
marathon pr - 3:16
I am sitting at the bar at Max & Erma's (where the fries are always awesome by the way) and Lean on Me is playing on the stereo. The guy to my right is singing it and the guy to my left is humming it.
#awkward
I am sitting at the bar at Max & Erma's (where the fries are always awesome by the way) and Lean on Me is playing on the stereo. The guy to my right is singing it and the guy to my left is humming it. #awkward
you should join in on the chorus.
Former Bad Ass
So, lean on them!
Damaris
lol
delicate flower
Nice day out there but I treadmilled so I could bail if needed (I did not bail). 45 minutes easy...5.75 miles. My legs felt good but I got a little winded. Stupid cold. Two sushi rolls and an Americano for lunch.
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Use the ketchup bottle as an air microphone, and nail the chorus!
I suppose that would have been an option if they were joking around.
I just spent 10 minutes in Rite Aid looking for something sweet that did not contain eleventy billion calories. I found it in a Twix Easter Egg, which checked in at 150 calories, an amount I can burn off by running a mile.
I'll take ten, thank you!
I just spent 10 minutes in Rite Aid looking for something sweet that did not contain eleventy billion calories. I found it in a Twix Easter Egg, which checked in at 150 calories, an amount I can burn off by running a mile. I'll take ten, thank you!
You gonna eat those while writing your RR?
Oh, snap.
Dave