Difference in recovery between tapered vs. non-tapered meets
Former Member
Just wondering if any of you have experienced a difference in your recovery between tapered and non-tapered meets. This weekend I swam my first truly non-tapered meet. My times weren't that far off my best times, which was fairly encouraging. However, I did notice that on the second day of the meet I was more fatigued than I normally am on the second day of meets, with other variables being similar. And today I had a particularly crappy practice -- couldn't hit intervals that normally wouldn't be a problem for me, even the day after most meets. Should I be concerned, with Nationals two and a half weeks from now? Or is this to be expected and the result of not tapering for this meet?
I think I'm probably obsessing too much. Nats nerves, I guess. :)
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That's a good idea about the protein... I try to eat a snack of about 4:1 carbs to protein after long events, but on Saturday I wasn't so good about eating right after the meet. There was a semi-major panic as I was out of town and couldn't find my keys, so that definitely could have affected my recovery from the first day of the meet as it was a while before I ate. My 500 the next day was lackluster -- my 50 splits were almost the same as they had been for the mile the day before. I'll have to pay extra attention to that at Nationals.
That's a good idea about the protein... I try to eat a snack of about 4:1 carbs to protein after long events, but on Saturday I wasn't so good about eating right after the meet. There was a semi-major panic as I was out of town and couldn't find my keys, so that definitely could have affected my recovery from the first day of the meet as it was a while before I ate. My 500 the next day was lackluster -- my 50 splits were almost the same as they had been for the mile the day before. I'll have to pay extra attention to that at Nationals.
