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 don't need a taper lane
just tell your coach and tell your lane mates that you are tapering for a meet
then modify each practice as you see fit
mainly deleting sometimes adding
don't get in the way
I am loving the suggestions so far. I will have to do the best that I can with the pace work since I won't get a taper lane at my practice. I will have to improvise. I will have to experiment with my future tapers because I still don't feel any of my tapers worked properly in my age group days. But, I think that I have enough to go with this upcoming taper.
Ande, thanks for all your detail.
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 don't need a taper lane
just tell your coach and tell your lane mates that you are tapering for a meet
then modify each practice as you see fit
mainly deleting sometimes adding
don't get in the way
I am loving the suggestions so far. I will have to do the best that I can with the pace work since I won't get a taper lane at my practice. I will have to improvise. I will have to experiment with my future tapers because I still don't feel any of my tapers worked properly in my age group days. But, I think that I have enough to go with this upcoming taper.
Ande, thanks for all your detail.
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.
