“I've started my taper for Chicago [Marathon]. I thought I'd run 33:30, so it's about what I expected. This was the first time that I've run in a masters only race.”
Colleen De Reuck
“Sometimes you have to take a step back in order to get a running start forward.”
zenshine
“Start slow and taper off.”
Harry S Truman
“We went hard and we really work on strategy. Then we started to taper down. We don't push the kids. They know when I'm serious that it is time to get to work.”
Dave Colley
“The guys were in the pool at 5 a.m. this morning. We've started to taper with some guys whose last meet will be the Valley or who are close to a (state) qualifying time. Everyone else begins to taper for the end of the season starting tomorrow morning.”
Gary Strickler
“Some markets still seem overpriced based on fundamentals, and [in those places] we expect prices to decline or taper off.”
Susan Wachter
“Here are sweet-peas, on tip-toe for a flight:/ With wings of gentle flush o'er delicate white,/ And taper fingers catching at all things, / To bind them all about with tiny rings.”
John Keats
