By Sarah Lloyd, Swimming World College Intern
Well friends, it’s that time of year again. As my teammates and I frequently say “It’s taper time and the swimming’s easy” (you know, Sublime?). Anyway, taper time is upon us. It’s a time to reduce your yardage, bring down the intensity, and give your body a chance to recover from the wringer that was the regular season.
Sometimes, though, as much as we like taper and look forward to the day where we can officially justify taking the elevator instead of walking up another flight of stairs so we don’t “ruin our taper,” we get stuck or scared. We often have a million questions that we ask ourselves: Are we doing enough to make sure we recover well? Is this too much or too little swimming right now? Are we going to hit our taper in time for the meet?
Here are a few tips and tricks to getting through taper that I’ve gathered from coaches and swimmers that have been around the block a few times.
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