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.
Week 1: drop to 3,000 a day
Week 2: drop from 3,000 a day to 1,500 the day before your meet
ie 2,700 2,400 2,100 1,800 1,500
you're doing longer events
warm up
then do some
pace work or
descending sets or
racing in your racing suit
rehearse races / prepare to race
also include a few sprints
reduce quantity
increase quality
give yourself plenty of rest
you need to figure out how you taper best
some people perform best with
short tapers others do well on longer ones
experiment from season to season
if you read my blog
I am a fan of swimming fast in practice
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.
Week 1: drop to 3,000 a day
Week 2: drop from 3,000 a day to 1,500 the day before your meet
ie 2,700 2,400 2,100 1,800 1,500
you're doing longer events
warm up
then do some
pace work or
descending sets or
racing in your racing suit
rehearse races / prepare to race
also include a few sprints
reduce quantity
increase quality
give yourself plenty of rest
you need to figure out how you taper best
some people perform best with
short tapers others do well on longer ones
experiment from season to season
if you read my blog
I am a fan of swimming fast in practice
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.
