EP 592: The Importance of a Mental Taper

Trail Runner Nation

Fitness, Health & Fitness, Sports, Running

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🗓️ 7 October 2022

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Tapering is typically thought of as a physical reduction in ones physical stresses from training. In today's episode, we talk about the mental part of a taper - getting ready for that big day.

Todd Larsen and Bob Crowley join us to talk about Todd's recent A-Race that didn't go as planned and his analysis of why.

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0:00.0	This story is fantastic because I think it's every person's story.
0:06.6	My body didn't hurt but I just didn't have the gas.
0:11.2	I just wasn't able to get ever moving in a timely manner and I just think it was just
0:17.6	this shadow in the background that was holding me back.
0:31.7	Welcome to the Trailhead of TrailRunner Nation.
0:33.7	We're glad you joined us because there is a lot of room on the trail for everybody.
0:38.6	If it's your first time, welcome.
0:41.2	We hope you have fun.
0:42.6	This is a podcast where we take really interesting people and they talk about their stories
0:48.0	that help motivate and help us become better runners and in turn, it actually might make
0:54.5	us better human beings.
0:56.3	That's right Scott.
0:57.3	Today, we're running with two of our favorites, Todd Larson and Bob Crowley and it's a
1:01.4	conga line.
1:02.4	So jump in.
1:03.4	We're going to talk about mental tapering.
1:05.4	If you have to run that back, yeah, we said mental tapering coming on long.
1:09.4	We're going to talk about it.
1:12.0	Hey, becoming a Patreon member at TrailRunner Nation is a good deal.
1:17.0	It's good financial sense.
1:19.0	If you were to talk to our friend and financial advisor, Doug Cromley Jr., he would say this
1:24.3	is a good investment because it comes back this month or this quarter, we are offering
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