red sunsets

The marathon is nine days away! Yikes! I'm excited and scarrrrred. The last month of training has not gone well. I've been struggling with my left leg IT band. A couple of weeks ago I thought about doing the 'run/walk' strategy. But I'm not sure about that. Some people walk the entire distance; I don't want to do that. Perhaps I'll run a very slow pace. Nine days to decide on a strategy. The last few runs have not gone well. But some days I get hopeful and think race day will be ok. Today's run went better than I expected. My IT band did flare up but I pushed through and kept a good pace. Once I get a good rhythm the trick is not to stop.