And so, the fabled taper begins. It’s the thick end of the wedge. Or the thin end, depending on your perspective. The ‘V-Board’ is full of references to “taper madness”. The V-Board? It’s the never-explained name of Hal Higdon’s Web Forum. I haven’t given him a plug for a while, so I’ll just remind you that Hal is a legendary American marathon runner whose training programme I followed to prepare for London in April, and have used again for Chicago.… READ MORE.... …