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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Thanks to all of you for the great tapering tips and the expressions of support! I used many of them, and (hmmmm) modified one (Leonard, Ande). I’m off to the airport feeling good: strong, rested…ready!
I’ll post an update, once the meet is over.
Aloha, -Becky
“Success is never final and failure never fatal. It's courage that counts.”
- George F. Tilton
Thanks to all of you for the great tapering tips and the expressions of support! I used many of them, and (hmmmm) modified one (Leonard, Ande). I’m off to the airport feeling good: strong, rested…ready!
I’ll post an update, once the meet is over.
Aloha, -Becky
“Success is never final and failure never fatal. It's courage that counts.”
- George F. Tilton
