OK…three days to Nationals, my first. I’ve trained really hard for eight months and done all the right stuff: high yardage with a good mix of endurance, sprint, and race-pace training. I also have been running and doing some strength training. This past week I’ve cut out the running and weights and I’m doing light swim workouts working on starts, turns, finishes and pacing.
It’s taper time and I am going CRAZY!!! I’m not sleeping well, I want to eat too much, and this morning I was seriously considering going out in the yard and pulling out trees! (Now, that’s nuts!) How do I keep my head together during this critical time! I need advice on how to handle the psychological aspects of tapering!!
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Focus and channel your extra energy into the swim. Visualize your races and just try to hold back the excitement until the days of your swims. There is a danger of creating and burning too much adrenaline leading up to Nats and thus making you feel fatigued once you get there. So, just try to relax, rest and focus. Good Luck!
Focus and channel your extra energy into the swim. Visualize your races and just try to hold back the excitement until the days of your swims. There is a danger of creating and burning too much adrenaline leading up to Nats and thus making you feel fatigued once you get there. So, just try to relax, rest and focus. Good Luck!
