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Early on, John explained the tapering process, and because he is a psychologist, he emphasized how stressful some athletes find this to be. Boy, was he right! I wound up getting bronchitis and going “cold turkey” off my workouts for five days before traveling to NYC. It drove me crazy, but John said this: “In this one week before your triathlon, no activity is going to increase your level of fitness, nor is there anything…