s2/e28: The Taper with Coach Elisabeth
The Running Explained Podcast
Running Explained
4.6 • 534 Ratings
🗓️ 18 August 2022
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
TAPERING is a vitally important, integral part of your race-specific training, yet many runners struggle to taper properly! In this episode, Coach Elisabeth outlines the basics of...
- What is taper is
- What a taper does
- HOW to taper properly
- What's normal (& not normal) in a taper
- How to deal with the anxiety of "running less"
- Strength & cross-training in your taper
- And more!
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Running Explain podcast. I'm Elizabeth, a marathoner, running coach, and answer seeker. |
| 0:06.9 | When I became a new runner at the age of 29, I had so many questions, but it felt like I was on my own to figure all of the answers. |
| 0:15.2 | So now I'm here to answer all your running questions to help make you a better, smarter, faster, runner. There's no question |
| 0:22.9 | too simple and no topic too complex. So let's get started. Hello, my friends. Welcome to the |
| 0:29.7 | Running Explain podcast. My name is Elizabeth. I'm very excited to have you here today. I am your host and your |
| 0:35.3 | guest for this week and we're going to talk about tapering. One of the most important parts of your race-specific training is your taper. And we're |
| 0:43.6 | talk about what it is, why you do it, how to do it, and more. But first, I wanted to go through a |
| 0:50.1 | couple fun businessy housekeeping and related things that I'm very excited about. |
| 0:55.7 | One is that finally, finally, finally running explained merchandise is available. |
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| 1:50.0 | our amazing coaches. And finally, I just wanted to say a huge thank you to the whole community |
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