Pre-taper week flagging
I have my first marathon next weekend (1.5 weeks to go) and this week has just been hell. I suffer with a mental health condition and up to this point, running has been great for it. However, peak weeks have really done me dirty. I'm suffering this week with my MH condition and I'm not sure if that is contributing to horrid runs. My main concern is getting my MH condition under control and at the minute I can't tell if runs are helping or making it worse.
I'm considering stopping runs this week / until I feel a bit better and really focusing on sleep and fueling. Would it be a terrible idea leading up to my marathon to do this? I aim to log back in taper week to get in an easy run and pace work. I could even just do a couple easy, short distances this week. I have left intervals, easy and a long (only 14km). Thoughts?