If you've been running 7 days a week through the cc season, is there any problem with resting the Thursday before a Saturday championship race at the end of the season?
The week of the race would be like this:
Sun: 6 easy
Mon: 10 easy
Tues: 1600 10k pace, 700 5k pace, 300 3200 pace
Wed: 5 easy
Thur: off
Fri: 4 + 4 x 150 at race pace
Sat: race
This isn’t the answer you want to hear, but everyone responds differently. I wouldn't change much the week before a championship race. I have found that a lot of kids get flat when you taper too much. If they are used to running on Thursday before a meet stick with it.
Maybe just cut it short, warm-up, 30min run, and call it a day.
GOOD-LUCK
I always take two easy days before a race. Two days before is completely off, the day before is short & easy (3-5 miles) plus 4x100 strides at slightly faster than the race pace I plan to run the next day.
It always seems to work well for me, I didn't have one bad race last year.