Hi Kristie,
I'm far from an expert, but I won't let that stop me from giving advice!

In my case, when I have a flair up, it seems to ache earlier and
earlier each long run. I found that the throbbing/aching is unpleasant
but not enough to stop me. When I ended up with shooting pains, those
stopped me cold.

If you want to have no throbbing during your race, then you'll want to
be more conservative now. As you know from your previous IT
experience, it's not going to get better without an intervention. It
seems that one of the best interventions is not running!

Have you been rolling, icing, stretching, etc.? You might also
consider intervals as that doesn't seem to aggravate it as much.

Carolyn



--- In itbs@yahoogroups.com, "kreid562" <kreid562@...> wrote:
>
> I have been dealing with IT band problems for about a year now. It
> first began in my right leg. I went to PT, used the roller, iced etc.
> For the past two months, I have not been having any problems with my
> right leg. About two weeks ago, I started having symptoms in my left
> leg. I have a 1/2 marathon in two weeks. I am fairly new to running
> (started about a year ago) and have yet ran over 10 miles (I am more
> active with triathlon Olympic distance races). This weekend I have an
> 11 mile run scheduled and then I will begin tapering. Should I skip
> the 11 mile run and cross train, or continue my training as scheduled?
> Last weekend, I ran 8 miles and the last two miles, my IT band was
> throbbing! I want to make sure I am prepared for this 1/2 marathon,
> but I don't want to make matters worse.
>
> Thanks,
> Kristie
>