What's the max amount of weeks for a taper, I was thinking 3ish weeks?
agip wrote:
Sweg wrote:If fitness drops then what's the point of a taper
a short one week taper doesn't cost you much fitness, and you get more back than you lose by being rested
everyone's different - it's not mathematicsfor me, tapering 3 weeks for a 5k would not work - I would lose a lot of fitness and feel leaden.
Sweg wrote:
What's the max amount of weeks for a taper, I was thinking 3ish weeks?
agip wrote:a short one week taper doesn't cost you much fitness, and you get more back than you lose by being rested
What are people talking about?? It's so common to hear that you can hold a peak for 4-6 weeks or 5-8 weeks at the end of a training program... It will take experience to learn what works for you (and a good coach would help tremendously) but peaking being in peak form for 4 weeks is definitely possible. To have any hope of getting useful info here you have to share more about your past training, it's not one size fits all for peaking
If followed a proper training plan no reason why you cannot run well for the 4 weeks in main competition phase. No need for a taper, not a marathoner.
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