Monday, March 21, 2005
The final weekend
OK, finally the last weekend - on the taper week - is upon us. Tapering for adventure racing is unlike other sports. The intensity is defintely cut down, although some semblance of distance logged must be maintained. The backpack stays on most of the time now for runs and rides.
No, the most interesting thing about tapering is that training winds down when more urgent stuff becomes higher priority, such as:
- making do-or-die accommodation and transportation bookings/arrangements
- arranging for last-minute gear pick-ups
- buying food, medical kit, and other expendable stores
- packing - s***loads of packing to be done! Darn those overweight charges!
- settling of accounts and bills
- phone calls galore! E-mails flying around!
- running around pulling hair out
OK, i still got some hair left. But the needs of the team become such that you eat, breathe, sleep and essentially live THE TEAM and THE RACE in the last fewdays before the event itself. It helps to take a day's leave to sort out the stuff.
Keep ya updated. Still gotta fit in an easy run and bike before returning to packing....
No, the most interesting thing about tapering is that training winds down when more urgent stuff becomes higher priority, such as:
- making do-or-die accommodation and transportation bookings/arrangements
- arranging for last-minute gear pick-ups
- buying food, medical kit, and other expendable stores
- packing - s***loads of packing to be done! Darn those overweight charges!
- settling of accounts and bills
- phone calls galore! E-mails flying around!
- running around pulling hair out
OK, i still got some hair left. But the needs of the team become such that you eat, breathe, sleep and essentially live THE TEAM and THE RACE in the last fewdays before the event itself. It helps to take a day's leave to sort out the stuff.
Keep ya updated. Still gotta fit in an easy run and bike before returning to packing....
