HiI'm doing the Loch Ness Marathon on 3rd October and am now tapering. Didn't do any exercise at all on Monday or Tuesday as my legs were still quite sore from the long run of 20 miles on Sunday. Quite sore Wednesday as well but made it to my
Hi all, just wondering when people think about tapering off their training. I will be doing some triathlons and I am curious as to what other people's experience is.
How did you taper last weeekend ?I ran an alternative London Marathonthis was held a within the gardens of Goodenough College,Mecklenburgh Square, London - just like FLM the course was measured by Hugh Jones and Geoff Hall. only me on this one....
should be tapering, but feel I need to do a long run. Any advice would be much appreciated. Thanks Nessa I'm running a marathon on the 10th April , and my plan from this website had a 15miler yesterday (i.e. two weeks before the marathon
Hi all,I'm running my first 10K on 26th May (bank holiday Monday) and need some advice on tapering.Over the past six weeks or so I've gradually built up my base mileage so that I'm now running as follows:Sunday: Long run (I've been adding a mile per
I've run up to 16 miles so far and according to my training plan (sub 4.30), I've got two 18 mile runs and one 20 mile run left before I start three weeks of tapering. I'm nervous about doing the marathon without going a bit further, does anyone
in the taper and PB'd by 22 minutes. are you having a laugh FF? Why didnt you run in the taper? Because I was injured. I set off on marathon not really knowing if I would get beyond 2 miles. thats amazing you managed to PB by 22mins, well done. But my old PB
a 11 / 12 mile run at 7 minute pace but this would be 5 or 6 days before the race (Recovery and steady runs will also be done). I'm now reading about tapering for upto 3 weeks before a HM. Is this the case for semi-established runners. Any advice
I have been training for the UK IronMan that takes place in two weeks time and need some advice about tapering. How should I be training over the next two weeks? I have a 20 miler planned for tomorrow and a 80 mile cycle at the weekend but am
, get your 22 miler done and then embrace the taper Was about to say you are being crazy. Do it, forget about it and focus on something positive. It did my longest run on a Sat too and had no effect whatsoever on my performance. Enjoy the race and good
