Tapering

The week before a major event athletes are supposed to "taper".  The point of tapering is that any exercise that you do within 10 days  of an event will not add to your strength in time and may actually fatigue you.  For me it is too easy to become a lazy couch potato.

I've been tapering all week..  My definition of taper is as follows:  
ta•per  [tey-per] verb (used without object)1. to sit around and drink a lot of wine.