The Ultimate Guide to Tapering: Do’s and Don’ts for Runners

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Welcome to taper!! The easiest part of training they said...wrong. Just because the mileage decreases doesnt mean our schedule should fall apart and we can let loose the weeks leading up to the race.

Today we go over tapering do's and don'ts so you can improve your performance.

Research: 

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10171681/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34651125/

https://journals.lww.com/acsm-msse/fulltext/2007/08000/effects_of_tapering_on_performance__a.19.aspx