Tooearly wrote:
Boston taper time wrote:
I am resurrecting this thread for all of the Boston participants like me who feel like crap during their taper with less than two weeks to go.
The serious tapering is next week. No reason to feel anything but great right now.
Yaaaa Boyzzzz !!!
I feel like crap during my taper but I had a head cold that got worse after I did my peak long run 22 miles@GMP 3 weeks out from Boston. I kept doing workouts last week but the cold didn’t get better so I am just doing slow paced short recovery runs this week until I get over this cold. Need to get healthy before Boston!
Alacrity wrote:
For the 8 weeks prior to my 2 week taper I averaged 80mpw and was going some of the best long runs/workouts of my life. Last week I cut it to 65 and felt like garbage all week and had 1 sub par workout and one workout which was so bad I cut it short. I took yesterday off and today I started off feeling good, but then felt progressively worse throughout the run. I did form and strides after and felt winded.
Tomorrow I am thinking 8x400m @ 10k with 100m rec. for my last workout. Thursday same as today (see above) Friday 50:00. I will take off again Saturday due to travel to Boston, Sunday 30:00 easy and then the race Monday.
Advice on why I feel like I feel? Is it normal? It's funny every time I peak I forget how I felt in the past!
Some perspective from Ryan Vail in a recent blog post who’s also running Boston next week.
If you are feeling wiped out heading into a particular workout or longer training run during your taper mode, don’t hesitate to skip the session and either run easier and shorter, or simply take a day off. You aren’t going to get much fitter over the last few weeks, but you can dig yourself into a hole that is very difficult to crawl out of. The time to be tough has passed. It’s now time to be smart.
I have put pressure on myself in the past to nail that one last workout as a confidence booster, but I am fortunate to have a coach who can usually talk me out of potentially damaging my race goals by pushing too hard too late. Take some pressure off yourself by consulting with someone knowledgeable in the sport and give yourself reassurance that you are not losing fitness during your taper, and that the race performance is the only thing that truly matters at this point.
https://www.rundoyen.com/marathon-taper/I figured I'd necrobump this thread for fellow Boston marathoners certain to be feeling a little taper weary. Reading Rojo's response on page 1 actually helped me stay focused. Stop thinking, just run and trust the plan.
Everyone I know is just hoping to recover from Covid in time for the race, or avoid getting it before.