●  Recovery-led coaching. Delivered by text.

Your coach,
in your texts.

Taper reads your recovery every morning and texts you exactly what to do today. No app. No dashboard. Show up to race day trained, not trashed.

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Built for first-time 70.3 and marathon athletes

Phase 01 / The build
It reads your body before you're awake.
Taper · 6:02 AM

Recovery 34% and HRV down 18ms. Today's threshold ride becomes 45min Z2. The fitness is in the recovery, not the ride you force.

Phase 02 / The peak
And it knows when to push.
Taper · 5:58 AM

Green light. 91% recovered. Today's brick: 40mi at 165 to 175W, then 3mi off the bike at 8:45s. Fuel at minute 40.

Can I shift my long ride to Sunday?
Phase 03 / The taper
The work is done.
Trust the Taper.
Taper · 17 days out

This is where most first-timers panic-train. You will not. Volume drops 20% this week by design.

How it works

A coach that shows up every morning, not an app you have to.

STEP 1

Connect your wearable

Whoop, Garmin, or Apple Watch. Two minutes, once. Taper reads your sleep, HRV, and strain overnight.

STEP 2

Wake up to your workout

Every morning, one text: what to do today, calibrated to how you actually recovered. Before you've had coffee.

STEP 3

Reply like it's your coach

Travel day? Sore knee? Text back. Taper reshuffles your week and protects the sessions that matter.

Why no app

You already have a readiness score. Nobody tells you what to do with it.

Training apps fight for your attention. Taper doesn't need it. Your plan lives in the same thread as your mom and your group chat, which is why you'll actually follow it.

Apps to installZero
Logins per weekZero
Morning textsOne
Cost of a human coach$200+/mo
Cost of Taper$24/mo
Pricing

Less than one hour with a human coach. Every single day.

This is launch pricing. Waitlist members lock the founding rate of $10/month instead, for life.

Most popular

Taper Solo

$24 / month
or $199/year (save 31%)
  • Daily recovery-led coaching text
  • Two-way replies, plan adjusts to your life
  • Race-date periodization
  • Race-week mode: taper protocol, fueling, logistics

Race Block

$149 one-time
16-week build to your race
  • Everything in Solo, for one full race build
  • Starts the day you sign up, ends at your finish line
  • No subscription, no auto-renew
  • Perfect for your first 70.3
Common questions

The things first-timers ask.

Is this a real coach or AI?

AI, and we say so plainly. Taper is built on the same model behind Claude, reads your actual recovery data every morning, and was calibrated by coaching its founder to his first 70.3. No human coach reviews your plan, which is exactly why it costs $24 instead of $200.

What if I don't have a Whoop?

The founding cohort is Whoop-first. Garmin and Apple Watch support are next on the roadmap, and joining the waitlist with your race date helps us prioritize.

Can I cancel?

Anytime, by text. Reply STOP and the messages end. Monthly plans stop billing at the period end, and the Race Block is one-time with no renewal.

What happens after my race?

You recover properly, which Taper coaches too. Then either pick your next race or drop to a $9/month maintenance mode that keeps the morning text going at base-season volume.

When does it launch?

The founding cohort of 25 opens after race day, July 19. Waitlist members get first invites in order of signup.

From the founder

I built Taper to coach me to my own first 70.3.

I'm Owen. The pipeline behind Taper has been reading my Whoop and texting me every morning through this entire training block. On July 19 it takes me to the start line of IRONMAN 70.3 Ohio. The race recap, good or bad, gets published here. That's the product working in public.

Join the waitlist

Your race is coming either way. Train like someone's watching your recovery.

Joining the waitlist locks the founding rate: $10/month for life instead of $24. First cohort is limited to 25 athletes, invited in signup order after July 19.