Another 10k!!!!

[Rockshammer]

Hi all preparing for my first 10k race two weeks tomorrow and did 10k in one hour 15 mins!!!!

When should I start to taper off?

[SnowyOwl]

Good on ya for doing 10k that fast ! I'm not sure when you start to taper off ,but their are so many experienced people on this site I'm sure someone will know. Gook luck with your race !

[Rockshammer Graduate]

Cheers Snowy!!!!

[rachie1752 Graduate]

Wow!10 k!

I finished week 7 on friday and I have the weekend as rest days. I feel like I could run miles and miles today, but when I run tomorrow I will only manage the podcast!

It must be amazing to run 10k, good luck and enjoy the race. I did a 3 k funrun last weekend and it wasn't my best run but it made me feel amazing and like a superhero!

[AmandaW Graduate]

You don't need to taper as such for a 10k race - I will be running 10k the weekend before mine then doing a couple of 5k runs during the week before the actual race. With a half you tend to only taper for a week (two at most) but a 10k isn't the same kind of length of race so you don't need the full taper. I'd just take it a bit easy in the week before the actual race and do a couple of shorter runs just to keep your legs in

[Gridlet Graduate]

Go you Rockshammer! That's amazing! I think you should taper for about four days before and eat lots of carbs to load up for energy.... Not that I'm an expert, just what I've heard! Good luck!

[Rockshammer Graduate]

Thanks Grid - woke up this morning with a pain behind my right knee so maybe have to scale down the training for a while!!!!

[Greg_M Graduate]

Amanda's right on I think you don't really need a taper per se for a 10k.

Keep going as normal up to a week before, make sure you have one or two more 10k or thereabouts runs under your belt then a couple of low stress looseners in the week before - maybe a couple of slow 5ks?

Hope your knee is OK.