The taper?

I find myself in a confusing situation. I have raced, recovered, started half ironman training and am planning a taper all in the space of 2 weeks?

Although I had planned my entire year before it started there are always things that get in the way or confuse the situation. These can include holidays, socialising, exams :( or even just the spur of the moment sprint triathlon or 5k road race. All these things zap energy and time from an otherwise perfect training program. You cannot really plan for these occurances as such. I mean, you know they will happen, but not really when or for how long, so training has to adaptive. Hence although I have started half ironman training I find myself having performed a crash week of increased hours and workload just to boost my fitness levels to a peak before tapering down for this next event; Wakefield.

If the taper works well I should be on form for the weekend! Oh...and its raining!