Sportiva Retreats

Connection through movement.

    Category: Nutrition

    • Full Marathon Tapering

      The final week before a marathon might feel repetitive, but there’s a reason for that structure — and it works, because it’s biochemically strategic. By standardizing your meals, reducing training volume, and sticking to a sleep routine, you create physiological stability. This helps your nervous system downshift from high-alert training mode into recovery and priming…

    • Half Marathon Tapering

      A clean taper week plan, based on my full marathon learnings, adapted to a half marathon performance. With focus on low-sugar nutrition to support recovery, manage energy, to help avoid crashes. Joints-friendly, no weird extra activities to keep your body in homeostasis, and race-day ready. RACE Taper Week Plan Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday…