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Taper

Day-by-day 70.3 and 140.6 triathlon training plans, built backward from your race date.

Download on the App Store How it works

70.3 and 140.6 plans · iPhone and Apple Watch

Requires iPhone with iOS 18 or later. Apple Watch optional.

Taper's Today screen: a Pull lift, a 1.5 hour structured bike with a Start on Apple Watch button, and a 10 minute brick run, each with a check box

How it works

Your plan is built backward from race day, in phases.

  1. PhaseStarter
  2. PhaseBase
  3. PhaseBuild
  4. PhasePeak
  5. PhaseTaper
  6. FinishRace day

Pick the date, and every week before it is laid out for you.

Pick your race

Swim

Choose half or full distance, your race date, your start date, and your level, and the plan is built backward from race day.

Set your week

Bike

Put the long run, long ride, and swims on the days you want, and add strength days with your own names.

Train and check off

Run

Today shows the day's workouts first, with a box to check for each one and a place to log how it went.

Inside the app

  • Today screen with a lift, a structured bike workout, and a brick run
    TodayThe day's workouts first, ready to start on your watch.
  • Week 23 view with swim, bike, and run totals, a Monday to Sunday strip, and day cards
    WeekTotals for the week, a day strip, and every day's card.
  • Full plan grouped into phases, with the current week highlighted
    PlanThe full plan, phase by phase, with this week marked.
  • Progress screen with weeks done, day streak, swim, bike, and run totals, and a test results grid
    ProgressWeeks done, streaks, totals, and test results.
  • Race week screen showing race distances, race day, and the days leading up to it
    RaceRace week, day by day, plus race prep.
  • Today screen in light mode
    Light modeDark by default. Light if you like.
  • Week view in light mode
    Week, lightThe same printed-calendar look, on paper.

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Features

  • Built from race day

    Half or full distance, in Starter, Base, Build, Peak, and Taper phases.

  • Your week, your days

    Long run, long ride, and swims where you want them, plus strength days you name.

  • Check it off

    Log how it felt, what you actually did, a skip, or a cross-train.

  • Drag to rearrange

    Edit any single week by dragging workouts between days.

  • Repeat a rough week

    Do a week over without moving race day.

  • Apple Health check-off

    Optionally mark finished workouts done from Apple Health.

  • Share, print, Calendar

    Send your plan to a friend as a file, print it as a PDF, or add it to iPhone Calendar.

  • Widgets and reminders

    Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, and morning reminders.

  • Your units, your look

    Yards or meters, miles or km. Dark mode by default, light mode optional.

Start on Apple Watch

Tap the yellow button on a workout and it goes to the Workout app on your watch with the intervals, warm-up, and cool-down already built in. Then tap to start.

You can also keep the coming days on your watch, so the next workout is already there. Apple Watch is optional.

No account. No ads. No tracking. Your plan stays on your iPhone and in your iCloud.

Privacy policy

Taper gives general training information, not medical advice. Check with your doctor before starting a training plan.