(Somewhat) Wordless Wednesday

What taper looks like in my house.

Luckily I found two friends willing to be lazy with me. Imagine that.

With the Baltimore Marathon less than two weeks ago, it's time for taper. While it means reduced mileage for me, I also found increased stress started to make it's way inside my life. It's work related as I have a large scale special event to prepare for on the 25th, but as it started to creep up on me Monday, I squashed it. Taper means taper in all aspects.

So, I made a few rules this week. Turn off work at 5 pm. No checking emails in the evening, responding to requests or worrying about things that can wait until the next day. Leave it all in the office.

Catch up on sleep. This is the most important thing to me right now. I've set an 8 pm bed time for myself this week (I know, don't laugh) and am happy to say the past two nights I've turned out the lights at 7:59 pm. Going to bed at 8 pm sure does make it easier to get up at 4:45 am. :)

Watch my nutrition. I've been pretty atrocious with this lately (stress eating!!), so I went to the store on Monday and filled up the cart with fruits, veggies and other good for you stuff. Now I just have to eat it and not be tempted to dial my favorite number lately 1-800-PAPA. :)

Anyone have any good taper strategies? How do you approach taper for a big race?