Tapering is always hard. You need to freshen up, but you still have to do some hard workouts so you don't get stale. Otherwise, the race will be too much of a shock to the system. At the same time, you can't thrash yourself, or you'll start the race cooked.

Tapering requires you to be super in tune with how you feel daily to avoid overdoing it.

At the fundamental level, tapering is a progressive reduction in training load. Runners will reduce their intensity, duration, and sometimes frequency to increase their recovery time, leading into key events.

I believe there are four distinct durations for tapering;

Ultramarathon (5hrs+) = last big workout, four weeks

Marathon (2 - 4hrs) = last big workout, three weeks

Half marathon (1 - 2hrs) = last big workout, two weeks

<10km (< 1hr) = last big workout, one week

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