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
I also need some "taper" advice. Really just how much to rest because I don't want to taper for every local meet. I'm signed up to compete in 1650 this Saturday and 400IM on Sunday. I usually ave 3000 yards once per day solo, with one-two days off per week. I vary +/- 500 yards depending on the sets I choose and how I feel. Thinking of taking tomorrow off since I swam Sun, Mon, Tues. and shoulders/muscles feeling more sore than I'd like. Sunday swam kind of hard - 16 x 100 free @ 0.10 rest main set, holding my target race pace, (which will likely be disappointingly slower all connected on race day) Tues was IM focus - all broken at either 50 or 100, and stroke drills, today more broken 1650 free (500-400-300-200-100-50 with long rest between but trying to descend pace) and some 100s build for stroke endurance: 3 rounds IMO of 3 x100 (9 total) as 50 st/50 fr - 25 fr/50 st/25 fr - 50 fr/50 st, each 100 on too long rest probably, work to rest ratio about 2:1. What should I do on Thursday and Friday? I think I might be doing too much this week, but I want to boost my confidence.
I also need some "taper" advice. Really just how much to rest because I don't want to taper for every local meet. I'm signed up to compete in 1650 this Saturday and 400IM on Sunday. I usually ave 3000 yards once per day solo, with one-two days off per week. I vary +/- 500 yards depending on the sets I choose and how I feel. Thinking of taking tomorrow off since I swam Sun, Mon, Tues. and shoulders/muscles feeling more sore than I'd like. Sunday swam kind of hard - 16 x 100 free @ 0.10 rest main set, holding my target race pace, (which will likely be disappointingly slower all connected on race day) Tues was IM focus - all broken at either 50 or 100, and stroke drills, today more broken 1650 free (500-400-300-200-100-50 with long rest between but trying to descend pace) and some 100s build for stroke endurance: 3 rounds IMO of 3 x100 (9 total) as 50 st/50 fr - 25 fr/50 st/25 fr - 50 fr/50 st, each 100 on too long rest probably, work to rest ratio about 2:1. What should I do on Thursday and Friday? I think I might be doing too much this week, but I want to boost my confidence.
