Chap- I hope your ankle gets better. Your situation sounds brighter than mine. I don't know how serious your injury is, but at least you got in one of your 20s and you feel in good shape. How does the Dr. think you're doing?

murielrunning- That's awesome that you were out for that long and then did a 3:18! I don't know what your previous times were, but I think that time is awesome. Was that close to your PR? I appreciate your story of overcoming. You're right that injury is not an excuse to completely give up training.

Well, the more I think about it, the more Runningstrong seems right. Since I've been dealing with injuries throughout my training, although minor, obviously something I'm doing is not right. I've only done 1 marathon before, but I only had one minor injury that took me out for about 10 days. Other than that, I usually felt really good and refreshed throughout my training. This time seems much different, I think I'm definitely overtraining, hence all the injuries. Since I've already done a marthon just to do one, I'm going to focus on getting healthy and move my marathon to the spring. I'd rather get healthy so I know I can do my best than continue to train with the fear of reinjury.

Thanks for all the input. I really appreciate it!