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  • Is anyone tapering for London this weekend?

    What sort of mileage are you doing over the next few days? I'm trying to work out whether to do the 5 miles that the training plan suggests

  • No. Ask the flying @PhilPub.

    I'd say to definitely run this week. Maybe a mile or two of MP in there. Unless you're injured. Unless the injury is taper madness.

  • Are you working out whether to do more or less?

    I'm not doing London, but if I was then I think I'd happily do 5mi early in the week, then probably a bit of cycling at some point, and an easy 15mins or so with a few strides on the Saturday.

    Generally with a taper then you should be getting itchy feet and feeling like you're not quite doing enough...

  • I agree that you can only really do too much at this stage. On the other hand it's good psychologically to keep ticking over, and also as @juanito suggests, throw in some MP to remind yourself what the pace feels like.

    My schedule looks like:
    Today: jog 5 mile round trip to Decathlon to pick up some gels
    Wed: 6M incl. 3M @ MP (the only run this week quicker than easy pace)
    Thu: rest or 5M easy
    Fri: either 4M easy or might cycle to Expo (8M) and not run
    Sat: rest? 3M easy? See how I feel when I wake up.

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