CTM Training - Taper Week

Most training programs have you reduce your running volume by 50% or so in the week before the race week. This reduction is referred to as tapering and it is so your body can recuperate & heal and be as "fresh" as possible for race week. Apparently lots of runners have problems dealing with this reduced running volume because they feel it its detrimental to their feeling "race ready".  So typically in a training program you will have your peak week followed by a week or even two of tapering.

This week was my taper week. Just as well since work travel meant I didn't get to squeeze in even a single run. Got by with some swimming, yoga, walking, strength training & indoor running drills. Ideally this is what race week should have been like and I should have got in at least a couple of runs this week. Well.

Finally heard from the CTM organizing team. Had an email announcing the bib expo day and details about the running venue, getting there and more. The venue is roughly an hour away from home.The 21k runners have been divided into 3 batches based on their previous finishing times. I'm in the last batch which will be flagged off at 5:50. I have to report half an hour ahead of that which makes for a comfortable leaving home time of 4:00 ish. I was afraid it would be a scary 2:00 am wake-up come September 11th. 3:00 am is sooo much better! :-)

Still have the route map and the bib collection to look forward to. Yay! Race week is here.