Hey guys! Need advice--I'm doing the 4.4 mile Bay on June 10th. What are your thoughts on when I should peak and start to taper? I've done the event twice before and have peaked about a week and a half out and that's worked okay. This year my training has been more rigorous and structured and I'm wondering if I should be peaking and tapering earlier or later. Thanks for any advice you might have!
I am not an open water swimmer by any stretch of the imagination but I swim lots of distance and I have found that if my taper is longer than 2 weeks I suffer and this year I tried a 7 day taper and I sort of hit...my 1st day of the meet was ok but by day 4 I was doing best times...
I think that taper is different for everybody but for me I do better when I have a shorter taper that drops yardage than a long one that is drawn out.
I am not an open water swimmer by any stretch of the imagination but I swim lots of distance and I have found that if my taper is longer than 2 weeks I suffer and this year I tried a 7 day taper and I sort of hit...my 1st day of the meet was ok but by day 4 I was doing best times...
I think that taper is different for everybody but for me I do better when I have a shorter taper that drops yardage than a long one that is drawn out.
