Taper Advice for Half Marathon

You did a broken 20k at HM pace 2 weeks out on 60mpw? Do you have a serious time goal?That might've been your race. Huge amount of your weekly volume, especially if you did other hard sessions that week.

I like a last good long run 2 weeks out. Then something like 3x2 miles 1.5 weeks out. Ez medium long 1 week out, with that week's volume coming down a bit. Then something controlled race week like 4 x 1200 or 5 x 1k @ T. Easy runs/mileage still coming down.

Cycling isn't the same as running. Are you used to doing some cycling in training. At this point, if you need a day or two off, take it. I wouldn't throw in cycling now but it should be negligible at worst.

Your taper sounds reasonable. Usually, the goal is to get down to about half your weekly mileage, and your plan does that.

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