Preparation for Nationals
With the recent snow fall it has been great to hit up the local trails, dial in my new Salomon skis and get in some really solid training.
Cleary Lake Park is just a few minute drive
The new snow is packed down and the skiing is great
US Nationals are right around the corner and it is time to be in top race form. In order to acccomplish this a tapering procedure is often used. In order to taper first you need to over tax your body for a little over two weeks or so and then drastically decrease the volume of train for a bit over a week. While decreasing volume training frquency is maintained the duration of intervals and overall training is shortened. As a result your body over compensates and really charges up.
One drawback is I typically feel caged during the later part of a taper. With more rest and energy then I am use to and the excitement of up coming races I find I need something to take my mind off things and allow me to relax. This year my intentional distraction has been completely rebuilding a 78 Honda motorcycle with my brother Erik that we got for free because it had not run since before we were born. It is currently entirely disassembled and in boxes so I complete cleaning and painting everything.
Lots of peices = A big benificial distraction
Just finished painting the frame and waxing some skis
