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Teddie's Taper Tricks...

Monday, 06 January 2025 00:10

ED. We recently discovered a guest post written by MInnesota pro triathlete Ted Treise. It was posted on pickybars.com in July, 2018. It's good stuff!

By Ted Treise

If I were to do a self-assessed pros & cons list of my tri skills, tapering would lead the cons column in bold, a font size or two bigger, and underlined. I hate the taper. It’s a perfect storm for the monkey mind to dart into 10,000 different directions fueled by the extra energy that comes with reduced training stress and the excitement/ pre-race jitters. Examples of typical monkey mind paths include but are not limited to:  ...

• Needing ABC super-part for my bike yesterday.

• Self-diagnosis of chronic disease via WebMD.

• Self-diagnosis of newly torn XYZ injury.

• New diet trend to start following yesterday.

• Radical adjustment of bike fit.

• (Insert irrational action here)…

It’s a long, awesome, adventure to race day, but here is an insight into my war chest when battling the beast that is tapering.  READ MORE