I have my big meet in over two weeks, Colonies Zones LCM Championships, August 23-24. I haven't tapered in a million years so I am not sure how much rest I should have.
I swim about 25K meters a week and the events at my meet are the 400 IM, 200 free, 800 Free, 400 free and 200 fly.
Should have cut my meterege to 3000 meters a day the first week(two weeks before My meet)?
On the week before my meet, should I just do the warmup, Do some sprints, etc. and call it a day?
Or, is this too much rest for 25K meters a week. I have done the two week taper in my age group days, but would do 10K yards/meters a day.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
You swim about the same per week as I do. I would suggest cutting to between 15-20K for your first week (I'd tend to the low end). Make more of this easy swimming, but with some speed and pace work. The second week cut it down to something like 10K total. I like to continue to do some pace work right up until the end. Fight the urge that tells you you're cutting back too much. If anything, most people probably don't rest enough.
Kirk, thank you for the last 2 lines of your post. I need that right now with my taper going into Nats.
You swim about the same per week as I do. I would suggest cutting to between 15-20K for your first week (I'd tend to the low end). Make more of this easy swimming, but with some speed and pace work. The second week cut it down to something like 10K total. I like to continue to do some pace work right up until the end. Fight the urge that tells you you're cutting back too much. If anything, most people probably don't rest enough.
Kirk, thank you for the last 2 lines of your post. I need that right now with my taper going into Nats.
