run a marathon

All my life, I’ve been lucky that I have never really been seriously injured (nothing broken, sprained, or torn). As of late, I think my lucky has run out.

There have been sharp pains in my left knee after running long distances. My doctor said that I might have ilotial band syndrome (runner’s knee). Apparently, the best way to get better is to run less!

Why would I want to run less?!

So.. I’ve been going at 7.5 miles every day. Not comfortably, but I can get it done.

What’s a good amount of mileage to be running every day for training purposes? I’m debating about how much I should be going up.

I’ve been running 3-4 miles every day for about three weeks and am pretty comfortable going 4 miles without stopping. I feel like increasing my mileage a little bit. I’ve run around 13 miles about two or three times in the past but I just don’t feel like I’m capable of that right now.

Does anyone have any recommendations on how much I should go up by or what a good way to ease in an increase of mileage is?

I’m signed up for another one!

When I signed up, I got a bag for being the one of the first 20 registrants.

It was also the birthday of one of the employees in the office; I got some cake.

SWEET.

Amazing! What a great feeling.

With a time of 22:37, I placed 28th out of 160, and 4th in my age group (18-24).

I got this cool shirt, a runner’s number and a handful of goodies. I definitely feel like I got a lot more than I put into this race. I love running.

5k isn’t so much, but baby steps right?

http://www.triplecitiesrunnersclub.org/y2006/lungrun.htm

I’m officially registered for the Lung Cancer Awareness 5k.

Who knew there would be so many ancillary benefits (to the community) for just running?

I’m excited. Now do I put this racing number tag on the front or the back? haha.

I ran my heavy day today. I managed to shave my time from 1:24 to 1:10. I’m still not sure how many miles it is. I think it’s about 8 miles.

Does anyone have any suggestions about how to measure the mileage better? I use google maps and I was thinking about driving the route and using the odometer.

But then… what’s in a number, right?

edit.

I love 43things.com, the guy a few entries below me listed his route. Great! Thanks!! I’m listing mine now:

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=452495.

I ran 10 miles from my house to campus and back.

It was a fun, albeit difficult, route for me. I wanted to quit at 5 miles, but by then I was on the other side of the town :/ haha.

I hear doing a few light days (2-4 miles) and heavy days (8-10 miles) every week will help me prepare. What’s a good training schedule for a marathon?
-Mike