I've been attempting to do some reasonable 10 day-2 week taper for an upcoming meet. Perhaps this is unusual for a sprinter, but I've found I hate tapering. I'm not terribly good at sticking to a taper plan. I feel more unfit each passing day. I just want to get back to my usual workouts and cross training ...
On top of this general angst, a tri friend told me today that tapering makes you b*tchy. :bitching: I've read this in running books too. Seems somewhat true for me, unfortunately for my family.
Anyone else hate tapering or is it just me?!
Having said this, I'm sure I'll have fun at the meet.
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I went insane when I tapered 1.5 weeks for my meet in Orlando that was August 4 and 5. I think I even seemed to get a bit of hypochondria.
It was the first masters meet I tapered for - ever since I started masters in 2002.
I like working out for fitness and mental reasons and tapering really threw me mentally and physically. I kept some ounce of sanity b/c I have a very experienced NCAA Division I coach who knows what she's doing. She assured me I would feel "funny" and that I would NOT get out of shape in that time frame. I just opted to trust in her skill and my ability.
I felt terrible up until my race (and actually, it was good to get a first race under my belt.) I almost thought I was sick during my taper. But. . . did a 30.6 and 1:08.4 in the 50 and 100 flys. So, it was worth all the fuss. You will do GREAT!!! Trust in yourself and your training. Um. . . what are you thinking entering yourself in the 100 fly with a 1:40? Isn't your 50 around a 31? :rofl:
Even though I'm trying to turn distance, I'm still a sprinter like it or not.
Now that I/ we have a taper under our belts as adults, we know what to expect when the super big meets come around next year!
JUST DO IT!! You can go as fast as you think you can! I wrote down 30+ and 1:08 for my 50 and 100 and actually went those times. I should have written down faster numbers!
I went insane when I tapered 1.5 weeks for my meet in Orlando that was August 4 and 5. I think I even seemed to get a bit of hypochondria.
It was the first masters meet I tapered for - ever since I started masters in 2002.
I like working out for fitness and mental reasons and tapering really threw me mentally and physically. I kept some ounce of sanity b/c I have a very experienced NCAA Division I coach who knows what she's doing. She assured me I would feel "funny" and that I would NOT get out of shape in that time frame. I just opted to trust in her skill and my ability.
I felt terrible up until my race (and actually, it was good to get a first race under my belt.) I almost thought I was sick during my taper. But. . . did a 30.6 and 1:08.4 in the 50 and 100 flys. So, it was worth all the fuss. You will do GREAT!!! Trust in yourself and your training. Um. . . what are you thinking entering yourself in the 100 fly with a 1:40? Isn't your 50 around a 31? :rofl:
Even though I'm trying to turn distance, I'm still a sprinter like it or not.
Now that I/ we have a taper under our belts as adults, we know what to expect when the super big meets come around next year!
JUST DO IT!! You can go as fast as you think you can! I wrote down 30+ and 1:08 for my 50 and 100 and actually went those times. I should have written down faster numbers!
