So where am I taking my talents?

Definitely not South Beach.(Although Miami does host it's own 1/2 Marathon in March.)

Nope, I'm definitely going to be running in Houston on January 30, 2011. However, I'm going to be running in the Aramco Houston 1/2 Marathon with 16,000 of my other closest friends. I'm really excited about running in this race. And while I know that it's not the full marathon that I wanted to run in, it is still a 1/2 marathon, or 13.1 miles, or a 21K for you English people.

How do you feel?
I feel great! I bought these two items, a compression band for my IT band and a foam roller. I probably could of ran 10 miles last Saturday but I took it easy for the first run back in 3 weeks. I only got 6 after rolling out the night before and wearing my band, but I still felt great!

Do you want to run any other races?
Yeah I do!

These are some of the 1/2's that I want to run

• (Link) February 12, 2011 - Jail Break Run - Baytown, Texas
• (Link) February 20, 2011 - Galveston Mardi Gras 1/2 Marathon - Galveston, Texas
• (Link) March 6, 2011 - Armadillo Dash - College Station, Texas
• (Link) March 19, 2011 - Seabrook Lucky Trails - Seabrook, Texas

Where the heck have you been?

For my 8 readers, it's been a while. Last I left you I was recovering from the Houston Half Marathon. I could give you a long run down of what all's gone on there but basically I can put it down to a few bullet points.

• I got sick, couldn't run.
• I better, ran a little.
• I got sick again, finally went to the doctor, felt better, lost momentum running.
• Got well, started retraining.
• Got ready to run the 25K.
• Named deacon same morning as 25K.
• Trained more, got up to 15 miles one run.
• Started pulling up lame in runs.
• Found out what an "IT Band" is.
• Switched to 1/2 marathon instead of Full Marathon in January.
• Had some thoughts about switching.
• Found out IT Band injury isn't that bad actually.

Now I'm kind of at an impass. I have until the 19th to decide if I want to switch back to the full marathon. I need and want to do this marathon, but I won't lie, I'm not there physically yet. I'll have six weeks until the marathon if I decide to do that run.

What should I do? I could so use some help here.