Daily Quote: "How glorious it is--and also how painful--to be an exception." --Musset
Today I'm starting a taper for my upcoming 5k race on Saturday. What is a taper? According to Pfitzinger in this book, "Road Racing for Serious Runners:"
"Despite the benefits, tapering is the most overlooked phase of preparation. But tapering is no less necessary than long runs are to reaching peak strength on race day. Tapering allows your muscles to repair the microdamage of intervals and long runs, permits your muscles and liver to store glycogen, helps your body to overcome the constant dehydration of hard training, and relieves the last bit of tendinitis in your knee or ankle or hip." End of Quote.
Not only will this week be a tapering week, but it'll also be a cut-back week on my half-marathon training, in fact, I've been continuously adding weekly mileage since January 1st with NO recovery weeks, therefore this race's taper couldn't happen at a more opportune time!
Today is a Recovery Run.
6 miles. 57 minutes. Pace, 9:30 minute miles. Out and back on Lanning Route. Cloudy, 59 degrees, Very windy with gusts of 15 mph! A storm is coming and Vegas might get some rain tonight and tomorrow. Legs feel a little sore, but this week's combination of cut-back recovery and tapering should make the whole body happier.
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