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Nate: I arrived at my magic taper (also 10 days out) after a lot of experimentation….and I only cut volume but maintain intensity. What’s the purpose of a taper? #1 reason is to shed accumulated fatigue from the previous training blocks. In my opinion, if you need 14 days or more to shed fatigue, then you weren’t taking enough rest days and you are overcooked. 10 days of lower volume, same intensity (or more intensity as you do it) and extra sleep is more than enough time to shed that fatigue. I’ve done 3 week tapers, 10 day tapers, and 5 day tapers…..the 10 day is magic…….but a person really needs to experiment on themselves A LOT!!!! There’s no way to know without experimentation, controlling other variables, being honest with yourself, and doing an honest “after action report” at the conclusion of a race. Thanks Nate!
GREAT feedback Jonathan and you are 100%. Athletes have to experiment a LOT and learn what works the best for them. Appreciate you sharing your guidance. Happy Holidays.
10 day taper works great for me. Not at running marathons yet, but focusing on HMs for now. But this content works all the same. Thanks for sharing and caring.
Thanks Nathan! I was doing a 3 weeks taper in my last marathons but I felt that I lost conditions compared with my last long runs; In your sub 1:30 plan that I’m doing, I checked out that 10 days taper. As you said, tempo run are really important, yesterday in your plan I had to run 10 miles; every 3 increasing heart rate, from easy to threshold, was really great running effort. Thanks for your time to bring us your secrets.
@@rundreamachieve Sunday is hopefully the day for me, Portsmouth Marathon UK, I ran 2:09 in a 20 miler just under 3 weeks ago, the mystery as you say, will be the last 10kms
