ITBS injury on left knee

So after running the 10.5 miler on Sept 22 I got my first IT band injury. I ran a bit faster downhill on torrey pines road and finished the run on avg pace of 6:30 min/mi a bit faster than usual.

After coming home my outer part of left knee was inflamed and hurting making it hard to extend the leg. After some research I learnt that I had ITBS and that sucked. So I am following the RICE rule Rest Ice Compression and Elevation. I have been icing and taking ibuprofen. Sun Mon I did not do any cardio, on tues i did slow 20 mins eleptical and wed I have done 30 mins run on treadmill. I am still taking medicine , one pill a day and its getting better, need to rest it and avoid any undue stress.
Its getting better and I am on taper 2 week. 

Taper week 1 of 3

I did my first taper week from Sept 17 - Sept 23, ran four days total, and total mileage of 27 miles approx. I ran a bit faster getting close 7mph or 8:30ish min/mi, I did that intentionally to get some pace and felt good. 

23 miler run on Sept 15 ! and now ready for the real deal

Ok now here is the big test, it was a 23 miler run and started at 5 am in the morning, it was expected to be in high 80s by 9am. Well it seems that the temperature reached higher and the first two hours i had completed 12 miles. By 7am , i was bit off pace and the weather was unusually dry almost el paso like even though i was running along the coast.

The next miles were slow as the temperature started rising and the heat was dry heat, so i did not sweat. After 18 miles I was back at the base of torrey pines hill and hour 10 minutes later. It then took me another 1hour 20 mins to go another 5 miles as the heat was super high and I was walking a lot. All in all the heat and probably hitting the wall was a double whammy. Also tried new shoes that I bought in first week of sept.

Now I know that I can finish a marathon and my timing will only get better as the temperatures are cooling off.

Nutrition wise i just ate peanut butter sandwiches late night before, took electrolyte capsules and drank 2-3 bottles of electrolyte water. I did not take too much food except some gui shots.

Perhaps need to do better by eating some oatmeal 3 hours before the run, something to watch out for the marathon

20 miler run

So two weeks after my 19 miler I did my first 20+ miler, and it was 20 miles to be exact. This run was actually much slower at 11 min/mi pace. The month of August and September had gruesome heat wave with temp crossing into high 80s and 90s by mid morning. That affected the run but the important thing is I stuck it out and completed although i slowed my pace in the second half.