With Ironman Lake Placid just a week away, there isn’t much that I can do that will make a substantial difference in my speed or endurance on race day. The hay is in the barn. So, that can only mean one thing: It’s taper time. For a week now, my body has been at work putting itself back together after months of abuse training. Cell by cell, fiber by fiber, my body gets stronger. For the past two months, I averaged about 18 hours of training per week, with over half of that time maintaining 20+ hours. So, I was …