Lots of pain, little gain.

Ran the Al Lewis 10 Miler with a couple of friends. It was snowy, so we were slipping all over the place. I had to run 13 miles for my long run this week, so we showed up a little early. My one friend had to run 15 miles so when we arrived (we were there before anybody else, even the people putting on the race), he went ran a mile out and a mile back while I waited in the warm car. The snow was coming down good at this point. When he arrived back at the car I joined him as we ran 1.5 miles out and 1.5 miles back. When we came back the tent was set up so we could pick up our timing chips for the race. We went into the car where i was hoping my sweat would dry up. It didnt. So when we started the 10 mile run I froze to death for the first 3 miles. When i finally heated up and got comfortable i was able to run at a decent 7:49 pace which i was pretty happy about. We finished the race and got home, I then went for a 1 mile swim. It felt great on my legs and helped me recover pretty fast. I was excited to get a long run out of the way in a race atmosphere, It makes it more enjoyable.

27 miles on the Elliptical that is. I just wanted to get some time on my feet. Going to try running next week, hopefully my ITB injury has healed up. It wasnt too bad to begin with compared to other people's injuries so hopefully I'll be good to go. I've done everything i can find online to try and get it healed. I bought a knee brace, an ITB brace, Hammer Nutrition Tissue Rejuvenator, i started ITB stretches, hip strengthening exercises and the foam roller.

Now I just have to hope that all the time I put in on my bike, swimming and elliptical will transfer over to running so I can do well during the marathon in 5 weeks.