Tapering is one of the most important parts of any marathon training plan, but in many cases, it’s also one of the hardest to implement. Ever heard of the taper tantrums? They can feel real if you get ...

Researching the tricky task of how to taper successfully for a marathon can leave runners with an overwhelming sense of doom. Even the most superficial web search of the term reveals a narrative so ...

The taper is an essential aspect of training that many new runners need to remember to incorporate into their training program. Tapering means reducing your training load before a competition to ...

Richard A. Lovett is my professional name. Friends know me as Rick. I’ve done a lot of things in my life, including getting a Ph.D., and being a law prof, but these days, I’m primarily a writer and ...

Welcome to Training Diaries, a Lifehacker series about my journey to the 2023 TCS New York City Marathon. This series will cover all the ups, downs, and hill repeats on my journey to the biggest ...

While lots of people are working on their newly minted resolutions for 2005, those of us who have trained for the HP Houston Marathon aren't looking past the next 1 1/2 weeks. After a final hour-plus ...

With only three weeks until the big day, it's about time for our team to taper. Even if you've still got one more long run, just the anticipating of the taper can give you the mental boost to make the ...

You’ve been training for months, your race is only weeks away and you feel great. So you keep training hard and on race day you do reasonably well. But if you’d tapered your training you could have ...