04/09/2026
Taper time: where your legs feel fresh… but your brain goes a little off the rails 😅
If you’ve ever questioned your entire training plan while folding laundry, this one’s for you.
From this month’s blog post by .magical.mile 👇
"Taper Madness
Welcome, friends, to the official taper for Sedona Canyons 125. There is a special type of crazy you find yourself in after putting in countless hours and miles then rapidly decreasing right before your big day. Logically you know that rest and recovery are the most important thing that you can do at this stage; but the restlessness and doubts get LOUD.
For me this means a constant mental refrain of, "What if you didn't train hard enough?", "What if you lose all your fitness?", and "Wait, now I have all this extra time and actually have to do the dishes..."
As Dr. Jordan often reminds me, I've already put in the work. I am not going to lose my progress during the taper. If I push too hard and hurt myself now, it would be devastating.
So, we taper. We stretch. We catch up on all the things we have been neglecting while in the thick of training, and we wait with bated breath to pick up our bibs and tow that start line. We've earned this."
