A 5k taper is shorter and more intensity-focused than a marathon taper. Learn the research-backed strategy: 7–10 days, cut volume by 40–50%, keep your speed work, and arrive race-ready.
A 5K taper is 7–10 days, not 2–3 weeks. Learn the research-backed protocol for maintaining speed while reducing volume in your final week before race day.
Most Boston runners taper wrong. A 27-year meta-analysis identified the four-variable recipe for optimal pre-race performance. Here’s what the research actually says — and the mistake that wrecks races before the gun goes off.
You spent 16 weeks building fitness for your marathon. You tapered 4 weeks out and felt strong. But on race day, your legs felt heavy. What happened is that your body peaked weeks before the race, before you had a chance to use that fitness. Here’s the research on how to avoid that.
Should you run the day before a marathon? Yes. A short, easy shakeout run activates your muscles and nervous system better than complete rest.
During extensive marathon training you will build strength, endurance, and confidence in your ability to take on the marathon. At the same time, marathon training
After miles upon miles and hours upon hours, you have finally reached the tapering phase of your marathon training program. For some runners, this phase
The marathon taper is perhaps one of the most nerve-wracking parts of marathon training and often the time you find yourself questioning your fitness and
As marathons continually increase in size and more and more runners choose to run destination marathons, the planning and logistics the last week before a
Runners are inherently obsessive athletes. What else can explain why we wake up at ungodly times to run or why we spend countless hours pouring
