“I’m running my first 100-miler next month. How long would you suggest I taper prior to the race, and should I do anything different beforehand?”—JakeGreat question! You’ve picked your event, put in months of hard work,...
Tag: Taper
We’ve all been there. You are in the last two weeks leading up to a race and just thinking about it makes your palms sweat. Suddenly, all the weeks and months of training – countless hours on the trail – are all but forg...
It’s May, and that means ultra season is in full swing; I hope you’re having a blast out there so far! Odds are you’ll be toeing the line sometime soon, so this month we’ll take a look at some of the most common question...
During the months of hard training for your big race, sometimes all you want to do is NOT run. There are the days when it is so very tempting to hit snooze on your alarm clock and go back to sleep rather than crawl out o...
Dear Ann, I have done the training, and I’m ready for my big ultra race this summer—but first I have to get through my taper, and it is stressing me out. What do you advise? What was a key for your tapering back in the...