This is the lane we all crave.
The work is done, the big meet's approaching.
Lot's more hanging out. You can get in late & out early.
Don't need to do much but what you do needs to be really great.
Mostly easy swimming. Some very fast swimming.
Broken races. 25's 50's 75's
Race rehearsals
Race pace
LOTS of rest.
you're gonna start feeling like super man or woman
Don't do stupid stuff.
Don't trust your taper, test your taper.
Do championship performance prep like Rich Abrahams
Big musclely sprint types tend to need more weeks than the skinny distancy divas
there's always lots to talk about in the taper lane
the breastroke lane
The Middle Distance Lane
The Backstroke Lane
The Butterfly Lane
The SDK Lane
The Taper Lane
The Distance Lane
The IM Lane
The Sprint Free Lane
The Pool Deck
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Thanks so much for sharing with us. Tapers seem a little tricky and it is always interseting to see what works for people.
To be honest its my first time ever creating my own taper. I'd say it went well though.
Final result of this taper with shave:
50y free
previous best this season 23.3
after taper 22.3
100y free
previous best this season 51.5
after taper 49.6
So the taper/shave gave me 1.0 seconds in the 50 and 1.9 in the 100. I'd say it was pretty dang successful even with a training base of 6000-7000y a week :)
Thanks so much for sharing with us. Tapers seem a little tricky and it is always interseting to see what works for people.
To be honest its my first time ever creating my own taper. I'd say it went well though.
Final result of this taper with shave:
50y free
previous best this season 23.3
after taper 22.3
100y free
previous best this season 51.5
after taper 49.6
So the taper/shave gave me 1.0 seconds in the 50 and 1.9 in the 100. I'd say it was pretty dang successful even with a training base of 6000-7000y a week :)
