Anybody try 72 hour taper?

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I started late for my wildflower long course training so don’t want to taper long. I’m thinking of the crash taper. Plan:

Monday: Train for 2 hours - maybe 30 min S - 1 hour bike - 30 min run. With about 10 minutes half IM pace in each sport - continuous tempo like effort yet at half IM pace (or a touch above)…

Tues/Wed/Thurs - 100% off. Rest.

Friday: Swim 15, bike 30 - run 15. maybe some short 1-2 minuutes race pace stuff with long recovery.

Sarurday: race…

I was thinking of either doing nothing T/W/R or some really light stuff - like 20 min swims/30 min bike/20 min runs +/- some accels if I feel good but keep it very minimal.

Opinions?

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Um, your Friday schedule refers to minutes and not miles, right? Or are you actually on crack?

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Taking three days off doesn’t sound like a good idea to me. I probably wouldn’t be able to sleep the second night unless I were burned out from heavy training. Better to swim or ride a bit just to burn off some energy.