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Many athletes stress about the taper. They have put in the work for weeks or months and the “big one” is here. They either panic train a bit too much or take the lead-in too easy and fall flat on race day. Should you do less volume? More intensity? What about openers?
These are the questions. A taper isn’t necessarily rest — it’s not “losing fitness”. It’s a planned reduction in training load to intentionally bring out peak form.
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I just returned from my second Swiss Epic, five days of ridiculous climbs, technical descents, and unbelievable views in the Alps. By the finish of this year’s race, I was both shattered and sharper — because stage racing has a way of compressing an entire season’s worth of lessons into one week. It's like taking a training time machine.
This year, it felt like the field was on another level. Maybe it was just that my partner (Tyler Clark) was, maybe not. Either way, I suffered like never before in honor of holding up my end of the bargain and finding new limits. Here’s what it taught me this year |
AuthorCarson Beckett | Coach, Pro, and Co-Founder of Dirt Camp Racing | Beckett Performance Collective, LLC. CategoriesArchives
December 2025
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