The last time I fully tapered for a race was over 8 months ago for IRONMAN Florida.  All season long, my body’s muscles have constantly been broken down and rebuilt during training rides, long runs, swim workouts – pretty much anything that causes training stress. Now it is finally time to give my body the chance to rebuild completely, while holding onto the performance that I have compounded over the past eight months. If done properly, the end result will be increased muscle strength from rest, and the ability to peak performance. 

There’s about 2 weeks left until race day…

And you know it’s Ironman taper time when you hit a nice roadblock! (like the Long Island Rail Road)

What’s left to do is to optimize and speed up the recovery period. For me, I rebuilt with low fat chocolate milk. Why chocolate milk you ask? It’s loaded with carbs and proteins necessary for recovery; a 3 to 1 ratio, which is the sweet spot to rebuild.

See you at Lake Placid!