Snippit Sports Science Podcast

Snippit is made possible by listeners like you. Please help support the podcast: ► https://www.patreon.com/snippitscience    In this episode, Dr. Kate Spilsbury joins us to discuss some of her work that investigated the tapering strategies of elite distance runners:   European Journal of Sport Science  Volume 15, 2015 - Issue 5 APPLIED SPORT SCIENCES   Tapering strategies in elite British endurance runners   Kate L. Spilsbury Barry W. Fudge Stephen A. Ingham Steve H. Faulkner Myra A. Nimmo   Pages 367-373 | Published online: 05 Sep 2014 https://doi.org/10.1080/17461391.2014.955128   Abstract   The aim of the study was to explore pre-competition training practices of elite endurance runners.   Training details from elite British middle distance (MD; 800 m and 1500 m), long distance (LD; 3000 m steeplechase to 10,000 m) and marathon (MAR) runners were collected by survey for 7 days in a regular training (RT) phase and throughout a pre-competition taper.   Taper duration was [median (interquartile range)] 6 (