OK, I know I am probably just being a little paranoid, but I would rather caution on the side of not getting injured at this point. I decided to take my rest day today rather than tomorrow. Saturday Tom and I did 16 miles with a lot of it on trails. I'm not use to running trails so I was a bit nervous about doing something wrong. I think the only thing I actually did wrong was trip on the rock in mile 2 and slam to the ground, but other than that all was well.
Monday we did easy but threw in some strides and yesterday we did some hills. Last night while I was walking around the neighborhood doing Primary business I felt a bit of a pain in the left ITB area. That is my biggest weak point and I am scared to death to have it flare up before SGM. So last night I decided that today would be a rest day. I hope I don't freak out about every little ache and pain this next week.
I really, really, REALLY want to run this marathon without ITB issues! I have ran SGM in 08 and 09 and had troubles both times that have really slowed me down and caused me much pain! I'm hoping that the ole "third time's the charm" saying comes true for me this year. I'm not really concerned about time as much as I am concerned about injury.
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