Taper?

I'm tapering a little differently this year for the Alpine.  This morning I set two PB's for the hill outside my house.  It's a 3k 4-5% climb. 

I went flat out at it the first two goes.  First time I knocked 7 seconds off the best time I did in Feb last year.  Second time, another 2!

The last two were pretty pathetic and wobbly.

Normally I wouldn't dream of pushing that intensity only a week out.  I won't do it again, but I am planning to do more hill repeats between now and then.  I'm experimenting with dropping back the quantity more than normal and keeping up some intensity. 

We'll see how it all goes on Sunday week.

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