I've been in the pits lately. My leg hurts. I have some issue with my IT Band... IT Band Syndrome or something. I'm not sure what it is exactly, but I know it's painful. How can I keep my sexyness up with stuff like this happening?

I guess IT Band comes up quite often -- most often in runners, like me. It started hurting about a week ago, so I took all last week off and ran a hilly 8 miles on Saturday, because that's what all the websites say -- take 3 to 5 days off, and start running gently again. I really really really want to run the SLC Marathon again this year. Hopefully by next Saturday I can make my final long run before the marathon. If I can, people will have the pleasure of witnessing me run the full marathon again. If not, it's SOL for them because I'll still be sexy but they won't see me.