These are my chosen race events for World's, August 3-9:
800fr, 400IM, 50Br, 200Br, 200Fly, any/all relays when possible
At Nationals, August 13-17, I'll be racing:
200Fly, 400IM, 200Br, any/all relays when possible
In between Worlds and Nats, we will be visiting Quebec City and have access to a community pool just a couple of blocks away from our apartment.
Question: How do I train/ taper for these meets???
I currently train with my coach/training partner on Tuesdays & Thursdays, and our yardage totals 4,000 each workout. The emphasis of our workouts is for 400 IM and longer races, although we do some sprints each workout.
On Mondays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays my yardage total is 2,500. Mondays and Saturdays are my sprint-focused days, and I take Wednesdays off.
Although I will only be racing three individual events at Nationals, I would like for that to be my taper meet.
How should I manage my yardage before World's and during the break before Nationals? Although I would like for Nationals to be my taper meet, I want to feel rested and do well at Worlds (relative to my own times, that is).
Thanks for any advice you can offer! :agree:
Keep your warm ups and cooldowns the same .Cut your sprinting in 1/2. Cut your distance sets in 1/3. Fill in the difference with very slow recovery swims.Don't increase the duration of your workouts(since you are doing more slow stuff you won't go as far in a given time,don't increase the time to regain the distance. If you continue to swim regularly,your loss in conditioning will be negligible.Your gains in speed, strength and flexibility should be significant.
We work hard to increase conditioning and strength.Hard work is necessary for increases. By taper,you have done the work,it takes surprisingly little to maintain it.
As you taper you will have more energy,and will be burning off less adrenaline in your shorter workouts.If you are like me,this will let you worry about everything.Don't be overly concerned, irrational worries are a normal part of taper.
Keep your warm ups and cooldowns the same .Cut your sprinting in 1/2. Cut your distance sets in 1/3. Fill in the difference with very slow recovery swims.Don't increase the duration of your workouts(since you are doing more slow stuff you won't go as far in a given time,don't increase the time to regain the distance. If you continue to swim regularly,your loss in conditioning will be negligible.Your gains in speed, strength and flexibility should be significant.
We work hard to increase conditioning and strength.Hard work is necessary for increases. By taper,you have done the work,it takes surprisingly little to maintain it.
As you taper you will have more energy,and will be burning off less adrenaline in your shorter workouts.If you are like me,this will let you worry about everything.Don't be overly concerned, irrational worries are a normal part of taper.
