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.
This is dangerous thinking, scwids. Just look up some of Islandsox's posts and see where it could lead... (she's doing a 20-miler later this winter)
Heh! After a mile of chop at the end of my swim and telling myself "never again," I find myself looking up more long swims on the internet to consider. Talk me down, somebody! :eek:
But at least for the near future, I don't see a 20-miler for me. After my five-miler, I was so happy to see land.... But I also remember telling myself I'd never run a marathon... and have since run seven. In lots of ways, long swims don't jar my body the way long runs have. And last night's group interval workout (running) went better than these workouts have for a while which I think was due to a few easy weeks and the Big Swim training. My inner fish is laughing. ;)
This is dangerous thinking, scwids. Just look up some of Islandsox's posts and see where it could lead... (she's doing a 20-miler later this winter)
Heh! After a mile of chop at the end of my swim and telling myself "never again," I find myself looking up more long swims on the internet to consider. Talk me down, somebody! :eek:
But at least for the near future, I don't see a 20-miler for me. After my five-miler, I was so happy to see land.... But I also remember telling myself I'd never run a marathon... and have since run seven. In lots of ways, long swims don't jar my body the way long runs have. And last night's group interval workout (running) went better than these workouts have for a while which I think was due to a few easy weeks and the Big Swim training. My inner fish is laughing. ;)
