{"id":20393,"date":"2011-08-15T12:09:08","date_gmt":"2011-08-15T19:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?p=20393"},"modified":"2011-08-15T12:09:08","modified_gmt":"2011-08-15T19:09:08","slug":"its-taper-week-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?p=20393","title":{"rendered":"It’s Taper Week!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Warning<\/a>:\u00a0“Be aware that tapering may cause the following conditions: weight gain, phantom pains, heavy legs, anxiety, depressed mood, an urge to run extra miles or to run harder, the urge to eat more than you need to and many other conditions you haven’t felt during your regular training.”<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Taper week is usually a struggle for me. For one, what am I going to do with all my free time??? Suddenly not having a regimented workout\/training schedule means LOTS<\/strong>\u00a0of free time. Second, I start to have “phantom” pains and I stress out that I’m injured.<\/p>\n

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\nWhen I did my first race, a 5k, I had a forced rest week because I got the flu. For two weeks leading up to my race I was sick as a dog in bed. I wasn’t fully healed, rested or well enough to run that race but I did it anyways and it was a struggle every step of the way.<\/p>\n

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Shamrock 8k<\/p><\/div>\n

For my second race, an 8k, I did the proper taper and rested for several days leading up to it. I had a good race. My last race was Hood To Coast. I ran my last run, and PR’ed!<\/a> about 5 days before the big day. I swam a few times that week before I ran HTC too but that was a relaxing, almost-impossible-to-injury-myself activity.<\/p>\n

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Hood to Coast<\/p><\/div>\n

Runner’s World had a good article about\u00a0Tapering<\/a>:\u00a0“Remember: During this final week, you can’t under-do. You can only overdo.”\u00a0<\/strong>Tapering <\/a>is important because your body needs the rest and time to repair before Race Day. It can Make or Break your race<\/a>!<\/p>\n

Some things to keep in mind:<\/p>\n