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My training plan for next weekend’s triathlon has me on a two week taper.\u00a0 I’m taking it to a bit of an extreme with no swimming or biking this weekend because I will be out of town, but I hope to fit in a quick run.<\/p>\n

Taper time always leads to a bit of craziness.\u00a0 There’s a reason they call it Taper Madness.\u00a0 You’re spent so much time building up to long workouts, and then you step back before the race.\u00a0 But it’s not race day yet!\u00a0 I need to train more!<\/p>\n

But the important thing right now is to rest my body and make sure that I’m not worn out before race morning.\u00a0 The last thing I want to do is get there and find that my legs are suddenly made of concrete.<\/p>\n

That doesn’t mean that I plan to sit on the couch until race morning, of course.\u00a0 It means that my workouts get progressively more scaled back.\u00a0 For example, Wednesday’s brick was 15 minutes shorter than last week’s.\u00a0 Next week, I won’t have a brick – just an easy bike ride to keep my legs loose.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately for me, this also means that I have to scale back my eating.\u00a0 Last week was probably the hardest workout week for me, and it was kind of awesome.\u00a0 I feel like I ate a ton and I still lost weight.\u00a0 Can’t do that this week.\u00a0 (Yes, I admit it, I workout so I can eat.)
\nI really love food.<\/p>\n

Since I will be spending less time working out, maybe I should use this next week to get the house back into shape.\u00a0 I don’t know how people train for an Ironman, work a full time job, and still keep up with their household tasks.\u00a0 Maybe those people require less sleep than I do.<\/p>\n

Let’s be honest.\u00a0 I will make big plans for what I will do with all my free time and then I will end up wasting it playing on the computer or watching tv.\u00a0 But hey, it’s all about the rest, right?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My training plan for next weekend’s triathlon has me on a two week taper.\u00a0 I’m taking it to a bit of an extreme with no swimming or biking this weekend because I will be out of town, but I hope to fit in a quick run. 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