Re: Not eating much during taper weeks
I may get flamed, but here are my two cents.
I say if you are hungry, eat..if not, don't.
Barring any circumstances you aren't telling us about (illness, pre-existing medical conditions, etc), your body is your best gauge. Again, if you are purposely not eating to keep weight down or for some other reason, or if you don't have time to eat, thats different.
But, if you are genuniely not hungry, don't force it. I think that would be the worst thing to do. In the same vein, however, it seems as if your body is out of wack. If this is the case, i would strongly recommend NOT running the marathon. Life gets in the way of stuff sometimes. You just have to go with it. Theres nothing shameful about putting running on the backburner for a while. I'm sure this isnt what you want to hear, but its what I would do, and I speak from a ton of experience. Going into a race not feeling like yourself is never fun.