Firstly, apologies if this has been brought up before. I'm sure it must have been covered at some time over the years.
I'm in the 70-74 year age group, and on October 28th I'll be swimming a 1500m freestyle, and hoping for a good time. I'm training twice a day, covering between 7,500m and 9,000m daily.
The question is - How long should I allow for the taper? I feel as though I could train right up to the event. Do you think a short taper of about 3 days would be sufficient, or does it need to be longer. I'd be keen to hear how you would approach this.
Thanks
WOW!!!
7500-9000m a day?
WOW!!!:bow::bow:
I have no idea how to advise you.
But, for what it's worth, I swam a great (for me) 1500 last December and 1650 this spring, but I was averaging about 15-16K yards a week. In both cases, I did a 5 day drop taper that was essentially this:
Day 1 - out of pool
Day 2 = 3,0000 = with the main set being a broken mile (note that I typically swim about 5 days a week so this was just a bit lower volume-wise than my typical workouts)
Day 3 = 2,750 yards = main set as the Salo Pulse Plot (e.g.,forums.usms.org/entry.php
Day 4 = 2,250 yards = virtually all technique work with one fast 100
Day 5 = 1,100 yards = easy meet warmup
Caveats:
Historically, I need less taper than the average swimmer, especially for a distance race.
Moreover, for distance races, a drop-taper has worked better for me than a longer taper. If I'm primarily racing 200s to 500, though, I'll do a 10 day taper.
I think you'd need a MUCH longer taper given the massive volume you're training, so I'd second the notions of a 10-14 day taper
WOW!!!
7500-9000m a day?
WOW!!!:bow::bow:
I have no idea how to advise you.
But, for what it's worth, I swam a great (for me) 1500 last December and 1650 this spring, but I was averaging about 15-16K yards a week. In both cases, I did a 5 day drop taper that was essentially this:
Day 1 - out of pool
Day 2 = 3,0000 = with the main set being a broken mile (note that I typically swim about 5 days a week so this was just a bit lower volume-wise than my typical workouts)
Day 3 = 2,750 yards = main set as the Salo Pulse Plot (e.g.,forums.usms.org/entry.php
Day 4 = 2,250 yards = virtually all technique work with one fast 100
Day 5 = 1,100 yards = easy meet warmup
Caveats:
Historically, I need less taper than the average swimmer, especially for a distance race.
Moreover, for distance races, a drop-taper has worked better for me than a longer taper. If I'm primarily racing 200s to 500, though, I'll do a 10 day taper.
I think you'd need a MUCH longer taper given the massive volume you're training, so I'd second the notions of a 10-14 day taper
