I ran a mile this evening to see if the IT Band flared up. It did towards the end of the run. Not enough that it made me quit, I probably could have run more. But more rest is definitely needed. Once I'm back to running, I'm going to try and keep the Su-F runs short (about 4 miles) and the Sat. run medium distance (7-10). I'm shooting for 35-40 mile weeks for the next 3-4 and allow myself (knee) time to adapt to the mileage before increasing. I can do this with consistent 4 mile runs and longer run on Saturdays.
I'm not going to be able to push the weekly distance like I thought I would be able to which means the races I've got planned will have to be done with my longest runs beforehand at about 55-60%. It doesn't give me the confidence I would like to have but at the same time it does play into the 'push my body past what I think is possible' mantra.
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