Tapering for a big event...

Recently, I had a few big events. I ensured that I pulled my weights back to about 60-80 % of my normal lifts, and did much snappier training sessions with more rest. I did not do any weights or track sessions for the 3 days leading to my comp.

With the resultant extra energy felt fantastic the day before my comp, however, I felt so energetic, that I could not manage to fall asleep. Even though, I got only about 3 hours sleep before my 100m, I still managed to clock my season’s best.

Is there a better tapering technique, or was i just one day off ?? :borg:

What level of competition are you at? How important was the race?

I was just racing at the NSW state championships. I guess, from the whole season, this was the biggest race to then so far…