I participated in the 10-mile trail race I had scheduled for today. I had picked the race because it is small (after the 1/2 marathon in San Antonio, I really wanted to try a small race), it is on the trail (softer than the road), and it is my grandma's birthday!
I had a couple of decent 3-mile runs this week so I'm hoping the worst of the ITBS is over as long as I keep up with all of the things I need to do to keep inflammation down. It was nice to know that, even after a ton of time off, my fitness was still mostly there and I could do the 10-miles. It wasn't a stellar 10 miles but I'm happy with my work and I'm happy I decided to run it. It makes me feel like I haven't lost too much ground with the marathon training. Now I will ease back into my training!
