I hate that I never can get over the anxiety of will my taper work!!!
I've always had great tapers, but every time I wonder if I'm doing it right.....
This time is a little different because of the long layoff since my last season of competition (20 years), but I remember always having these same concerns.
Does anyone else have these same fears??
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Some really great advice already.....Thanks.
Mark and Greg- Good luck at your meets.
Ande - Question on balancing rest for different lenght events longer (1000 and 500 free) Mid (200 free and back) shorter (100 and 50 back) I'm trying to bounce between pace work and speed work. I'm guessing next season I will probably replace the 1000 with the 100 free or IM, but I'm kind of stuck with this years events. They did work great for the SCY Nats schedule, but finding it challenging for trainning. Lesson learned.
Al - Thanks for the sets. I think some fast 25's and maybe some sets of pace 50's will be the answer I'm looking for in my response/question to Ande...I just hope pace 50's will be enough for the 1000. Do you think its better to do pace work (during taper) with less rest or more i.e. 8 X 50 on :40 or 1:00 holding 1000 or 500 pace? Thanks again for helping me keep my head in the right place.
Some really great advice already.....Thanks.
Mark and Greg- Good luck at your meets.
Ande - Question on balancing rest for different lenght events longer (1000 and 500 free) Mid (200 free and back) shorter (100 and 50 back) I'm trying to bounce between pace work and speed work. I'm guessing next season I will probably replace the 1000 with the 100 free or IM, but I'm kind of stuck with this years events. They did work great for the SCY Nats schedule, but finding it challenging for trainning. Lesson learned.
Al - Thanks for the sets. I think some fast 25's and maybe some sets of pace 50's will be the answer I'm looking for in my response/question to Ande...I just hope pace 50's will be enough for the 1000. Do you think its better to do pace work (during taper) with less rest or more i.e. 8 X 50 on :40 or 1:00 holding 1000 or 500 pace? Thanks again for helping me keep my head in the right place.
