This is nothing new.
My first taper, I was on an elliptical trainer, with a brace on my knee. Boston was un with a brace, which quite literally became a part of my being until 2 months thereafter.
But this taper, as of today, is different.

I have aches and pains, nagging issues, and a little more than two weeks until the big show.
Moreover, I'm now out of my element. Classes are complete, and I'm home. I suddenly feel like I've become a member of AARP, as the only interaction I have during the day, are people 3 times my age.

There is something, inherent in my training, deep within the training logs, in the sub-text of my average weekly heart rate, that I'm not seeing.
It transcends rest, recovery, nutrition, and regenerative growth hormone. It is the root of the vast array of my ills.
I submit that it has to do with shoes. And that blasted snowstorm out in the mid-west, certifies the delay in my order of purshasing a new solution.
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If it isn't the shoes, then it must be the orthotics, the left is utterly destroyed, while the right is in tact.
Ironically, my left piriformis, SI joint, and anterior medial saritorius are the hot spots.

I cannot mold and wear new orthotics now, as I am already tapering. To change my biomechanics would be simply ludacrious.
In short, this taper is something I have no solution to. This storm must be ridden out.