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If you could read the training logs of many top marathoners, you might be surprised by how hard they're training when many recreational runners have started tapering. It's not uncommon for elite ...

Welcome to Training Diaries, a Lifehacker series about my journey to the 2023 TCS New York City Marathon. This series will cover all the ups, downs, and hill repeats on my journey to the biggest ...

Chris Mayhew from JBV Coaching has been walking us through the build-up to ‘cross season over the last few weeks. Many of you may be doing some of those first steps now or in the coming weeks, ...

This is one of a series of occasional blog entries following Kalamazoo Area Runners member Hannah Norton's training in preparation for the Illinois Marathon on May 1. Norton, 28, is a wife and mother ...

Congrats! You made it to the taper, the winding-down period that typically comes three weeks out from race day. After months of hard training, odds are you’ve been looking forward to the taper. Your ...

If there's a more important part of your training program than the pre-race taper, I can't imagine what it would be. Without the right taper, all your hard-earned fitness can got down the drain faster ...

A true taper is frequently defined as “A progressive, nonlinear, reduction of training load during a variable period of time, in an attempt to reduce the physiological and psychological stress of ...

Every swimmer knows the familiar feeling in the pit of their stomach as the end of the season starts to creep up on them. During peak training, practices seem never-ending, but before you know it ...

Taper is a much-loved word in the swimming world, as it marks the chances for the body to rest and prepare for peak performance.