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167. The Ultimate Taper Episode with Author Alex Hutchinson

The Strength Running Podcast

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Are You Getting the Taper Cold?

A lot of runners experience the taper crazies and some runners even feel worse during the taper. Are they feeling worse because of the physical side of things or is there a strong mental component to it as well? I've definitely had the taper cold before and usually it disappears as soon as the race is over. And so look, it's not the thing real, real things can go wrong during the tapers. But we're suddenly very concerned about how we feel. We're every, every little twinge becomes magnified.

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