I despise tapering so much, it sometimes makes me NOT want to compete anymore. I feel moody, tired, and depressed and worried about my races because I'm so used to being very active on a daily basis. I remember reading that Laura Val doesn't worry about a taper but the article had no details. Is there anyone else who has been able to perform really well without cutting way back on yardage? I would be interested in hearing what you do.
Depends what you mean by cutting back. I cut out only 1000m per day off my workouts by the end of taper, and I dropped 3-4 seconds off my untapered 100 free the last two years when coupled with a shave.
The other side of that is... i only train 2000m per day three times a week :) So it is a pretty drastic 50%.
I usually do 2600-3300 4 or 5 days a week and a lot of cross training. My preference would be to swim at least 1800 every day during "taper." That is about the minimum yardage for me to feel normal.
Depends what you mean by cutting back. I cut out only 1000m per day off my workouts by the end of taper, and I dropped 3-4 seconds off my untapered 100 free the last two years when coupled with a shave.
The other side of that is... i only train 2000m per day three times a week :) So it is a pretty drastic 50%.
I usually do 2600-3300 4 or 5 days a week and a lot of cross training. My preference would be to swim at least 1800 every day during "taper." That is about the minimum yardage for me to feel normal.
