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Confession Wednesday: Taper Crazies

October 26, 2011 by Michelle 10 Comments

In some ways I’m very glad that it’s already Wednesday. Who doesn’t love zipping through a work week? But a HUGE part of me is screaming “HOLY SH*T! WE LEAVE FOR SAVANNAH IN A WEEK.” and right now that part of my brain is winning.

winning

I’m pretty sure the taper crazies are in full effect and on top of that I feel a cold coming on. Awesome. (At least it’s this week and not next week!) I guess I never believed in the whole “tapering makes you insane” thing. I thought it’s only cutting down on a percent of your workouts each week, what’s the big deal?

Apparently, I forgot to factor in the whole mental part of it. It’s no big deal when you are skipping workouts for 2 weeks. But when are skipping/shortening workouts and then tact on a marathon at the end? It’s a whole ‘nother ballgame. Now I get.

oh-now-i-get-it

{Thank you Paula  for this image}

Here are some of the things I’ve been dealing with for the past couple of days…

  • Random heel pain (more like my left heel is aching. It comes and goes and doesn’t hurt at all when I’m running. So bizarre.)
  • Calf pain – on my right calf. My calves have NEVER hurt – even after the 23 mile run! WTF?
  • No appetite – which normally isn’t a bad thing, but I hope it comes back next week. I miss you food.
  • Constant dry mouth – and I have been hydrating like a fool!
  • Super short attention span – what were we talking about?
  • Feeling antsy – I just want to get up and move around consantly.

Because of the impending cold, I did skip my upper body/cardio workout this morning and I can’t say it’s helping me at all. I am actually sympathizing with Bruce Banner right now. I’m pretty sure this is how is feels right as he turns into the Incredible Hulk.

IncredibleHULK

This is all normal, right?

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Comments

  1. Tina @ Faith Fitness Fun says

    October 26, 2011 at 10:11 am

    I bet it’s normal since I hear so much about the taper crazies. Hope the random heel and calf pain go away for you!

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  2. Faith @ For the Health of It says

    October 26, 2011 at 10:27 am

    Tapering sounds so simple, but then again, when you take out something that’s been such a huge portion of your life for so long…yeah, I bet it’ll make you crazy! Hope those random aches and pains are gone in time for Savannah!

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  3. Paula @ Eat: Watch: Run says

    October 26, 2011 at 10:34 am

    LOL! I didn’t know the Hulk was up on current events. Man, he gets really angry about them.

    Reply
    • Michelle says

      October 26, 2011 at 1:19 pm

      He really does. He needs to displace that anger elsewhere.

      Reply
  4. Melissa says

    October 26, 2011 at 12:42 pm

    I think the pain is probably some kind of neurotic thing you’re inventing so you can have an excuse if things go bad. 😉 Seriously, though, I wouldn’t worry about any of it, except the appetite. I always get that when I’m training, and I recently read that it’s a sign of overtraining, so just watch it. You’re going to be awesome, so try to enjoy the fun parts and ignore the annoying ones! 🙂

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    • Michelle says

      October 26, 2011 at 1:19 pm

      Apparently the phantom pains are due to the glycogen in your muscles restoring tiny rips and tears that may have occurred during training (or so my weekly group newsletter said!) – so the pains aren’t a bad thing, but still annoying!

      Interesting about the appetite. It could be due to this this stupid cold too!! I’m sure I will be an eating machine in no time 🙂

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  5. Carolina @ Peas in a Blog says

    October 27, 2011 at 8:23 am

    I think I’m starting to get a case of the taper crazies as well, I’m starting to freak out. I can’t believe we’ll be marathoners next weekend!

    Reply
    • Michelle says

      October 27, 2011 at 9:10 pm

      So surreal, right? Wish we were all running together! We need an Orlando blogger meetup soon.

      Reply

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  1. The Taper Post | Eat:Watch:Run says:
    October 28, 2011 at 9:14 pm

    […] You know what I do when I can’t keep my normal workout schedule? I sit on the couch, do nothing, get depressed, and eat. This is directly related to #1 of course. I want to work out but I don’t want to screw with the training plan when I’ve never run a marathon before. Some people love the laziness of taper, some people don’t need to taper at all, and some people think full marathons are for crazy people but I’m learning what works for me as I go. I really want to make Savannah a great experience and I don’t want to do anything that might ruin that. At least I know someone else is going crazy with me. […]

    Reply
  2. The Taper Post | Eat: Watch: Run says:
    August 11, 2015 at 10:23 pm

    […] You know what I do when I can’t keep my normal workout schedule? I sit on the couch, do nothing, get depressed, and eat. This is directly related to #1 of course. I want to work out but I don’t want to screw with the training plan when I’ve never run a marathon before. Some people love the laziness of taper, some people don’t need to taper at all, and some people think full marathons are for crazy people but I’m learning what works for me as I go. I really want to make Savannah a great experience and I don’t want to do anything that might ruin that. At least I know someone else is going crazy with me. […]

    Reply

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