Okay first a few stats: When I am training "hard" I swim 18-20K per week in 5 workouts, with one wokrout being only 2K of technique work. I trained hard from Jan to March and swam pretty well at a taper meet. Generally I think that I need 10 weeks of hard training, followed by a 10 day taper to have a succesful taper meet.
Well, first I got sick and now that I am almost better I will be going out of town for 10 days. I have no chance at having a succesful training for my big summer meet because it is now only 8 weeks off. Facot in a taper and I am only going to get 6 weeks of hard work minus 10 days off. So my question is:
How much yardage should I do NOW so that when the fall rolls around and I start training for my next big meet I am not starting over? I don't have the mental energy to commit to full training, but I don't want to lose gound. Thoughts...
I took a week off training after my taper meet and I'm definitely paying the price now. It feels like my aerobic base just went out the window. People I could beat easily before are now kicking my butt.
A teammate who tapered for the same meet, but swam a couple days the following week picked up right where he left off!
It's definitely a tough price to pay for a one week vacation from swimming :(
I took a week off training after my taper meet and I'm definitely paying the price now. It feels like my aerobic base just went out the window. People I could beat easily before are now kicking my butt.
A teammate who tapered for the same meet, but swam a couple days the following week picked up right where he left off!
It's definitely a tough price to pay for a one week vacation from swimming :(
