one week to go!

One week left til the race.... I am still having some knee problems, but at this point it can hurt all it wants--we're still going, so it might as well settle down.

Everything I try to do aggravates it... so I guess by process of elimination, the only thing left to do is hope. Hope IS a strategy! Running even a little bit makes it hurt so much afterward that I think it's doing more harm than good. So we'll just give it a few days (Advil, ice, stretch, repeat), test it out on Wednesday, and if it hurts I'll just stop, let it chill out and then go for it on Sunday. Thus far we *think* no real damage is going to happen by running the race... we think it's my IT band, but if that's the problem, it should be loose by now, so who knows. Let's just hope for 2 - 2 1/2 hours of painlessness next Sunday between the hours of 8 and 10-10:30. :0)

On a lighter note, I'm wondering what I should wear to the race. I know--seems like a dumb question. But really, it is kind of important. It's probably going to be very cold in the morning, but once we get going and the morning goes on, I'll be very warm, so I gotta plan accordingly.

I'm sure there will be more updates this week, and definitely some after the race!