Today I went on my last run before trying to complete the Marathon distance here in Antarctica this week end. Tomorrow I plan to rest. Since running 21 miles my legs have been in quite a bad way, I have had slight IT Band trouble and all over stiffness. My hip have not functioned properly and I have had trouble raising my legs. My knees have been so sore that I have been sleeping with them bent and waking up in the night with pain just bellow my them (tendonitus I think). In the last 10 days I have been on only 4 runs and all but one have been no more than 3 miles long. However with all that said and done I felt good on my run tonight and I think the rest/taper has been well worth it. I will enjoy my time off tomorrow all set for the big one :-) Phil www.justgiving.com/halleyfunrun
