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[jmasgat]

Happy early birthday! I wonder if a singing and dancing scale would make me feel any better about the inevitable increase in my weight? Nah....which is why I just never weigh myself!

 

[RuntheMouse]

Happy early birthday!

 

[avondale]

Happy birthday soon!

 

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[WillRunForPizza]

Happy birthday!

 

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[Erika10021]

Happy Birthday!

 

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[Erika10021]

You have a lot more running experience than I do but I wanted to chime in as a fellow over-50 runner. If you are having a bit of pain now, I would encourage you to take it a tad easier to try not to aggravate it ahead of the race. You've done a perfect training session so reducing your long run by two miles is not even a blip. It's more important to get into race in top form than it is to have a perfect training session!

 

[jmasgat]

Injury free > perfect training. I would skip the long run and even the 4miler if the knee bothers at all. I would then keep the remaining runs as is--not try to "catch up" with miles.

 

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[WillRunForPizza]

I agree about skipping or shortening longer/harder runs between now and race day. Hopefully that will get you through the race without issue. Just note that not running won't actually address your ITBS, so after the race, make sure you work on strengthening your hips to fix the problem.

 

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