Look at photos of runners descending a steep grade. Strong, resilient muscles are better equipped to handle those impact forces, rather than breaking down or transferring them to bones and tendons. There is no such thing as taper magic. You will not reach new levels of fitness after a few weeks of minimal running.
If anything, overdone tapers will leave you feeling like a stale loaf of bread when you finally reach the start line. Avoid crouton legs by training normally until about two weeks before the race. Then, cut down volume by 25 percent for a week, keeping intensity and a solid long run most of my athletes do 16 miles the week before an ultra.
In the final week, cut down volume a bit more, but be sure to keep running. If you need more taper than that, you are not training right to begin with. So for a miler, the race starts at mile 33; for a miler, it starts at The variables that will make or break your experience are easier to control until that two-third mark.
But after that, time and distance seem to take on new meaning. One minute becomes 10 minutes, and 10 miles becomes a marathon.
Make decisions about gear based on that crucial time, not the relatively tame beginning stages of the race. In practice, wear shoes that feel comfortable at the end of your long runs. Minimal shoes are often an exercise in masochism in the later stages of an ultra—err on the side of cushion for race day. Similarly, be sure your clothes are ready to go the distance. If you are running through the night, stay warm no matter what. The body is a machine, which expends a certain amount of calories and fluids per hour.
Combining sports drink and gels is the best way to be sure you are staying on track. We run them because they are hard. At some point in every race, all of the shish kabobs will hit the fan. Besides the huge numbers, we are seeing a level of professionalism, a calm execution of the game plan, that speaks well of them.
Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Log In. Photo: Howie Stern. Jeffrey Stern Jeffrey is a dog lover, coach, consultant, writer, and has over a decade of experience in endurance sports - his second mountain bike race ever was the Leadville Looking forward to the live stream and watching it all go down.
Thanks for following along. Leave a Comment Cancel Reply Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. This depends on whether you have agreed to have the screening and when the scan takes place. Screening for Down's syndrome will happen at the dating scan if:. The screening test for Down's syndrome used at this stage of pregnancy is called the combined test. It involves a blood test and measuring the fluid at the back of the baby's neck nuchal translucency with an ultrasound scan.
This is sometimes called a nuchal translucency scan. The nuchal translucency measurement can be taken during the dating scan. If you have agreed to have screening for Down's syndrome, the dating scan and the screening will usually happen at the same time.
Find out more about the screening for Down's syndrome, Edwards' syndrome and Patau's syndrome. You will not be offered the combined screening test if your dating scan happens after 14 weeks. Instead, you'll be offered another blood test between 14 and 20 weeks of pregnancy to screen for your chance of having a baby with Down's syndrome.
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