Taper Madness Has Set In

“The Tapering Marathoner will be irritable, anxious, nervous, overly emotional, short-tempered, restless, tired, cranky, depressed (even more than normal). Sounds like a great three weeks doesn’t it?  It is not unlike the addict going cold turkey. This is a span of time where most Marathoners go a bit crazy.”

First and foremost, I am sorry Sarah and Emma!

I realized last night - via Sarah pointing out how moody I’ve been over the past few days - that I am experiencing Taper Madness. It is not fun, nor did I expect it to happen to me. It caught me off-guard. When I was thinking of training for a marathon I had read about the taper and how difficult it can be. However, knowing this information, I figured I go into the taper and not have anything happen to me. I guess that’s why it’s completely thrown me for a loop.

So, again, I tuck my tail and want to let Sarah and Emma know that I am sorry for my moodiness. I’m hoping we all can deal with this for the next 10 days and that by race day, it’ll be gone and all will be right with the world again!



Of course, I won’t mention the “Post-Marathon Blues...”