hi would like some advice please.
today i had a comp on, ran 3 hard 100m race’s.
i have my last comp for the season on the 15th April.
should i…
-do a taper from today making it a 14day taper.
-do a 7 day day, where i take it easy for this week or up to 7 days before comp and do my last hard session 7 days before the race.
in the comp on the 15th i will possibly be having up to 7 races in 3 days.
i remember CF saying that it depends on the level of an athlete.
I would prefer a 10-day-taper, but its just a feeling…
yes under normal circunstances i would do a 10day taper, but i dont know if ill be able to hit high speed in 3 days time after running in this comp.
some questions about this:
If you are running under 10.50 seconds I would go with nothign longer than a 10 day taper. With the 14 day taper are you refering to the Russian powerlifters Charlie talks about in Speed Trap? If you are around 11 seconds for the 100m, then go with a 7 day taper. What are you going to do exactly for the taper workout?
The faster the athlete runs the more demand there is on their CNS and body in general. Therefore, the rebound effect takes longer (but is also more pronounced). A high octane car burns fuel a lot faster than my toyota.
Yes, it is mostly the times that determine the level of the athlete.
What would be changed in the CF (Hille) taper would depend on the athlete.
How about some longer special endurance runs and then go into a 7-10 day taper?
just to clarify ive never heard of a 14 day taper. but was only an option because this race is 14days till my next race.
its now the day after the comp, and my muscles have pulled up ok, but my body is very tired and il be resting today and even tommorrow, and if i do a 10 day taper it means my last flat out session will be on wednesday.
Mike
working back from stawell can you post what your taper will be? it will better enable us to post ideas and suggestions to you from what has worked for us with our athletes.
but having just raced so close i would go with 7 days for sure… we normally use 7days if racing or 10 days when we had no racing coming into major meet and it works a treat
Nanny
i would be following the 10day taper thats outlined in CFTS.
if i was to do a 7 day taper im not sure what i would do, possibly a 70m, 100m , 120m as my last flat out session
ok working back from stawell this is what i think i will do.
15th-17th stawell
14th-rest
13th-2x50strides, 2x30 standing ,4x30
12th-tempo. 1000m
11th-2x50strides, 2x30 standing ,4x30 ,1X70,weights upper body only
10th-rest
9th-tempo, 1000m
8th-2x50 strides, 2x30 standing, 4X30 ,1X120, weights
7th-tempo, 2000m
6th-2x50 strides, 2x30 standing
4X30 15min rec
1x70 fly 20min
1x100 fly 25min
1x120 fly 35min
which means its a 9 day taper i guess.
does that look ok?
Mike
i assume by now all your acceleration patterns are in place… so if you not going to do some starts on the 8th , 11th and 13th maybe do these runs from a roll in start from 4 -5 steps… i have used the roll start to keep fresh and my athletes feel its good exercise for self confidence…
once again just speaking what has worked for my squad but maybe stop weights on the 8th aswell…
but it all looks great if you done the work and have yourself a favourable mark i hope you do well…
what events you running in stawell and what ur marks… i will be listening away from here in taiwan on the net…
best of luck
nanny, after the 2X30 standing the next 4X30m are from blocks.
but i still dont know if ill be able to hit a good session out tommoorw(9days out) im still very tired.
i will be running the 70m with a 3m handicap
and the 120 with a 5.25m handicap.
Mike
if you not up to it by tomorrow then just keep it at sub max for a few more days and you’ll soon be ready to go…
good advice, i may just do that 