Olympic Trials just a week away!

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Olympic Trials just a week away!

Posted by Kevin Doak on Monday at: 12:50pm (June 18th, 2012)

I'm knee deep in taper time!  I always freak out a little about tapering, I think everybody does to a certain extent.  Although we trust our coaches, we also understand that everybody is different.  The perfect taper for the guy next to you who swims the exact same times as you, could need a drastically longer or shorter taper than you to swim his best.  I find myself thinking "am I letting up too early?... should I do one more hard practice?".  The inverse is also true, some theories would lead me to believe that I need a 6 week taper.  I seem to do best with a short taper.  I would say this was about a 3 week taper.  This whole week should be relatively easy with some short burst swimming to keep my feel for the water.  The excitement is building!

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