Tape(r) worm

So after hitting the wall last weekend, I decide to take a few days off and also begin the taper progress. I already had it on my calendar to start a month out, however I was contemplating on shortening it down the 3 weeks, so here we are. I took Sunday-Tuesday off completely and I happened to be in Vegas for work. The only thing I didn't get to do was get a good night's rest.

Wednesday night I returned to the circuit with a 3 mile run with some short intervals. Thursday and Friday were short bike rides with some intervals. Saturday was rest and Sunday I let out a 5 mile run with little intensity pushes.

How do I feel? A little refreshed, but the sting of the overtraining still lingered in my legs and I am cautious to add in higher volume. This is the toughest part of tapering....trusting your body to do its repairs when you let it. I am sure the anxiety of race day is building and the second guessing stuff is sure kicking in.

Here is a write up on tapering
http://www.triathlontrainingarticles.com/Taper.html