pre-race

Conventional wisdom states that athletes should do 2- to 3-week tapers with ~50% volume reductions and maintenance of intensity. But many of the world’s best athletes describe taking 7- to 10-day tapers, with long runs and relatively high aerobic volumes, closer to race day. Is there a lesson for how everyone should structure their taper period?

Nerves on race day are completely normal and everyone experiences them. Here are the things to keep in mind before you race.

How pre-race...interludes...affect race-day performance.

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Tapering is a key part of any training plan. Here's what to keep in mind for the last phase of pre-race training.