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.
Kirk, you are so right about people not resting enough. A guy I train doesn't think that he needs so much rest for Nats even though he has been working hard all summer.
You know, I grapple with this every day. I had 2 meets this summer, swimming 4 events total. I went in to both meets with no taper and had personal bests in all 4 events. So now I worry that if I taper now, it will hurt me when I get to Nats next week. Who knew tapering could be so stressful!:dunno:
Kirk, you are so right about people not resting enough. A guy I train doesn't think that he needs so much rest for Nats even though he has been working hard all summer.
You know, I grapple with this every day. I had 2 meets this summer, swimming 4 events total. I went in to both meets with no taper and had personal bests in all 4 events. So now I worry that if I taper now, it will hurt me when I get to Nats next week. Who knew tapering could be so stressful!:dunno:
