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167. The Ultimate Taper Episode with Author Alex Hutchinson

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Do You Need a Deeper Taper?

If you're training for 100-mile ultramarathon, how might you think about the taper compared with someone who might be training to race a 1500-meter track race? There's some research. Probably a more relevant thing than what event you run is what type of training you do relative to that event. So people who do really, really heavy training may need a deeper taper,. may need to cut down farther than if you're training really lightly.

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