Hello everyone and Good Morning! My name is Kristen and I am 41 (almost 42) and I'm hoping to get some feedback and suggestions.

To give you some of my background, I've been running for about 2 1/2 years now and have trained for several races to include 5k, 8k, 10k and two 1/2 marathons, (7 races total since October of 2005 with the 8th one coming up this weekend). I

Anywho, in May I just completed my second half marathon and during the training for this I started to have some pain and discomfort in the hamstring area, with rest and ice I was able to tolerate the discomfort. On June 18th my hamstring actually 'tore' during an 8K race. I had an MRI with the diagnosis "Intermediate grade torn hamstring tendon".
I just finished a month of rehab and have gradually been working my way up to 6 miles with walk/jog increments, basically around an 11 mile/minute pace. (2 minutes slower than my last 1/2 marathon pace).

Here is my dilema. I am registered to run in our local 10 mile race this Saturday and I had planned since the injury to walk/jog this race, but now I'm getting a little gunshy being that I"ve only worked my way up to 6 miles and I'm still experiencing some soreness. This is my very first injury related to running, so I'm not sure if I should push it even at a slow pace?

Sorry I typed a book here! I appreciate any thoughts and comments!

Have a great day!
Kristen