# Why am I only getting one week of taper before a marathon?

**URL:** <https://forum.athletica.ai/t/why-am-i-only-getting-one-week-of-taper-before-a-marathon/3165>\
**Category:** Technical Support\
**Tags:** training\
**Created:** [March 26, 2025, 12:38am UTC](https://forum.athletica.ai/t/why-am-i-only-getting-one-week-of-taper-before-a-marathon/3165 "2025-03-26T00:38:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![ohlylo](https://forum.athletica.ai/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@ohlylo](https://forum.athletica.ai/u/ohlylo)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2025, 12:38am UTC](https://forum.athletica.ai/t/why-am-i-only-getting-one-week-of-taper-before-a-marathon/3165/1 "2025-03-26T00:38:52Z")

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I’ve got a marathon on 4/13. I noticed that my plan has updated recently so that there’s only one taper week, which is race week. The week before that is now a build week. I am no expert, but I’m pretty sure the hay is in the barn at two weeks out. Should I really expect relevant improvements in one more training week, or is this a bug?

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**Author:** ![Prof](https://forum.athletica.ai/user_avatar/forum.athletica.ai/prof/32/28_2.png) [@Prof](https://forum.athletica.ai/u/Prof)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2025, 3:58am UTC](https://forum.athletica.ai/t/why-am-i-only-getting-one-week-of-taper-before-a-marathon/3165/2 "2025-03-26T03:58:54Z")

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Hi @ohlylo … I checked your settings and your marathon is set as a B race. Might be too close now to switch to an A race however you could just change the Build week to a recovery week and you’ll achieve the same outcome.

 ![Screenshot 2025-03-25 at 8.57.32 PM](https://forum.athletica.ai/uploads/default/original/2X/7/768ce923f40ffd557a6e599ec9d89994444fb101.png)

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**Author:** ![ohlylo](https://forum.athletica.ai/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@ohlylo](https://forum.athletica.ai/u/ohlylo)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2025, 1:46pm UTC](https://forum.athletica.ai/t/why-am-i-only-getting-one-week-of-taper-before-a-marathon/3165/3 "2025-03-26T13:46:31Z")

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Thanks Prof! I suppose I’m just surprised at the change, and my A race is in December so a long way away yet 🙂 I didn’t realize it was an option to set a recovery week so I’m just going to do that. Appreciate it!