Reduce Volume, Maintain Intensity | 20KM de Paris [Step 2]
Channel: Jake Abdinoor
Date: 09/10/2018

It's the last hard workout before the race—tempo intervals and some sexy 200s—but where's the best place to do them in Paris?

Questions addressed in the video:
- Where's the sexiest most beautiful running track in Paris?
- What's a taper?
- How do I taper?
- Do you taper?
- Is #taperlife even a real hashtag?
- Where's the best LOAF in the city?
- How many loaves = chocolate fulfillment?
- Just HOW chic is Saint-Germain-des-Prés?
- How weird can one person be about their racing flats?

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This is Step 2 of 7 of my journey to running the "20KM de Paris"—it's in 6 days!

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Sources Discussed:

- Type IIa fibers were 11% larger after taper
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11224794

- Aerobic “chemicals” within your muscles increase after taper
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14600553

- 7 days of taper improved distance running performance and running economy
https://europepmc.org/abstract/med/8007812

- Effects of a Training Taper on Tissue Damage Indices
https://goo.gl/mf77WP

- Citrate synthase, muscle glycogen, & total blood volume increased after taper
https://www.physiology.org/doi/abs/10.1152/jappl.1992.72.2.706

- Meta-analysis of the effects of a taper
https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/f29f/7b446c5bfd713006fc5c5cd8c7b0041cac61.pdf

- Just a fun overview of muscle histochemistry :)
http://muscle.ucsd.edu/musintro/histochem.shtml

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