Hello fellow friends! Welcome to episode 20 of the podcast!

My first marathon is coming up in a few days, and I’ve been doing a lot of research about tapering!

Some runners love it, and others hate it, but no matter how you feel about tapering it’s so so important! There are a ton of benefits to tapering including, but not limited to, it returns your muscles glycogen stores to peak levels, muscles and connective tissues strengthen, improved immune system, boosts oxygen carrying blood cells, and just over all less stress on the body to help you give 100% on race day!

But in order to achieve all of that you need to get the taper right! So in this episode I wanted to share everything I know about it! I’ll cover all things from when to start, what mileage you should be doing each week, what types of runs are best, how to do a speed session, nutrition tips, and some other helpful things to know about tapering for a marathon!

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