28th January Tapering to nothing


I am not sure if its possible to taper down from a position of relative unfitness to one of relative unreadiness but thats what I am hoping to achieve in the next week. 

Anyone familiar with running training programs, and I do not include myself in that group, will know that the week before a big run, the idea is to already have all the hard miles in the bank and so be able to cut back on the distance / time run in the week leading upto the big race. This allows your body to rest, recover and be ready for the B of the bang.

That is of course assuming that you have done the required amount of training, put in the early mornings, the long miles and generally pulled your finger out in the weeks proceeding the 'taper' week. If you haven't, and never have previously, then you find yourself in my position just seven days out from the 13 mile Charnwood hill race next sunday. 

Now there are several things that alarm me about that description which are in no particular order 13, hill and race. I will get round as I have managed that distance before, and having looked at the results last year I will not be last, but I suspect it will be a pedestrian plod. Tune in on Monday 6th Feb to find out if I made it.

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