re: Resting/maintenance before an event?

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Scale back volume maintain intensity. That's what I do for cycling

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Feel guilty talking about this as I'm so far off the wagon at this point it's depressing, but above is what I've always done.

Really not much need to taper for something like a 10k. Maybe start taking it easy 4 days out, rest day 2 days out, some short stuff day before with some pick ups, then race.

For something like a half ironman or above, 2 weeks out you are spending the week just reducing total volume. Y0u might still have a big workout in there, but the total hours for that week are going down significantly (~80%). Then you really start cutting time the week of, but probably only 1 real day of complete rest 2 days out from the race. Still keep some quicker workouts going to keep the body used to moving fast. If not you'll feel sluggish day of the race. Day before a race is like 20 minutes in the pool, 15 minute job with some 45 second quick pick ups, 20 minutes on the bike to make sure everything is in working order and wake the legs up.