KristenRuns

November 13, 2024

15% off for Fast Running Blog members at St. George Running Center!

Location:

New York,NY,USA

Member Since:

Nov 19, 2013

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Age Division Winner

Running Accomplishments:

5K PR = 18:47 (Winter 2014)

10K PR = 39:24 (Fall 2012)

13.1 PR = 1:31:24 (Spring 2014)

Short-Term Running Goals:

1:30 Half Marathon

Long-Term Running Goals:

Stay injury free.

Favorite Blogs:

Click to donate

to Ukraine's Armed Forces

Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
Swimming Lifetime Miles:						43450.00

Wed, May 28, 2014

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
4.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	4.00

4 easy miles at lunch. Ran to Balboa Park and up 6th Ave. to check out the first mile of the race. It's flat. Legs still feeling the fatigue of Saturday's 16 miler. But it's only Wednesday, and I'm getting a massage tonight. Tapering continues . . .

Been reading articles on tapering. Most of the information I've found is geared to elite-level runners. The suggested taper plans are almost harder than my hardest week of training. Not much out there on tapering for the hobbyist half marathon runner.

For my taper, I decided that a week woudl be enough. I'm planning on about 20 mile this week - half of my average weekly mileage over the last month - and keeping it all to easy miles because I'm worried about recovering from the 16 miles (I like to worry...).

Mirage 4 (Black) Miles: 4.00

Comments

From jtshad on Wed, May 28, 2014 at 15:46:15 from 141.221.191.225

Sounds like a good taper plan! You want to be fresh for the race. Trust in the training the past month, the hay is in the barn. You won't fix anything the week of taper, but if you overdo it you can make issues worse.

Good luck with taper madness and the race! If you are not antsy during taper week, you are doing something wrong! ;)

From Josh E on Wed, May 28, 2014 at 17:28:17 from 166.137.209.45

Agreed that it sounds like a good plan. The general thought is the lower the mileage the less need for a significant taper. I think it's a combination of listening to your body (are you feeling worn down or pretty good) and learning from race to race. Everyone is different.

The only other thing I might suggest is a mile or two at goal pace tomorrow. I like this to keep confident and not feel too antsy or stale. Good luck Sunday!

From KristenRuns on Wed, May 28, 2014 at 18:47:07 from 68.15.2.98

Thanks for the confirmation on the taper. Given how I feel and my low mileage, I'm gonna stick with a very easy week with perhaps some fun tomorrow with a few miles at GHMP.

I am feeling a bit worn down from an excessively long run on Saturday of 16 miles (got lost). I am almost always fully recovered from races in less than a week, so I anticipate recovering from the 16 miler by Sunday. Overall, my weekly average for the last 20 weeks was pretty low 26.5 (median 27.5) - but I ran a lot more miles and trained harder in April and May than I could in Jan, Feb, and March (building base back from 6 months off due to sprained ankle, work).

"Hay is in the barn." I collect folksy sayings...thanks for a new one Jeff!

Add Your Comment.

Keep it family-safe. No vulgar or profane language. To discourage anonymous comments of cowardly nature, your IP address will be logged and posted next to your comment.
Do not respond to another person's comment out of context. If he made the original comment on another page/blog entry, go to that entry and respond there.
If all you want to do is contact the blogger and your comment is not connected with this entry and has no relevance to others, send a private message instead.

Debt Reduction Calculator

Featured Announcements

Most Recent Entries:

New Kids on the Blog
(need a welcome):

Lone Faithfuls
(need a comment):