119. Tapering For Races: Marathon & Half Marathon

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Podcast Episode #119 🔊

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Are you someone who loves or dreads the taper?! It can either be a much-needed break from the training you’ve been doing OR you might feel a little stir crazy during it. Let’s chat about what you can do and expect from tapering and also what you should AVOID doing during the taper:👇

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✅ FOLLOW YOUR PLAN: It might seem obvious, but make sure you aren’t skipping runs, speeding up on your runs, OR adding additional mileage during the taper! You can’t gain much fitness in those final weeks of training but you CAN do things that compromise your taper

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✅ TUNE INTO RACE PACE: Again, you will NOT gain additional fitness in the week leading up to the marathon! You should have a workout or two during your taper that tests out race pace. These are more for a “tune-up” rather than “fitness gains”. BUT…

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✅ DON’T LEAVE YOUR RACE IN A WORKOUT: Do not go FASTER than your prescribed paces during taper week. Don’t “test” your legs. SAVE them for race day!

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✅ EXPECT TO FEEL LIKE CRAP: Many people feel like crap during their taper. This is because your body is in repair mode from the many weeks of hard training. Your body is finally getting ample recovery time, and you might feel like sleeping more or eating more food during this time

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✅ FOCUS ON NUTRITION: You should be focusing on filling up your glycogen stores during race week. You may gain weight, but STAY OFF THE SCALE! Just focus on eating whole foods with more carbohydrates. It will help you MUCH more than trying to maintain a “race weight”

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