Taper and the Heat
My first marathon is on 4/18. Began taper here this past weekend. I live in a cooler area and it has only been warm enough for shorts once during my block.
Anyways, my partner and I had a vacation scheduled for this week in Cancun (before I decided on the marathon), but I didn’t really worry about it because I knew I could get the miles in. Plus I figured it’s not a bad thing to get a few runs in in warmer weather in case it is warm on race day.
I’ve done two runs this week, one was a scheduled workout with 4 miles at 8:20 pace. My easy pace is 9:15-10:00. My heart rate and effort is obviously way higher on these runs than normal. My question is, I’m clearly working harder on these runs than intended, is that defeating the purpose of the taper? Should I dial it back?