only thing that worked for me was taking time off from running. i still went to the gym and stayed active but taking 2-3 weeks off was the only thing that actualy worked for me.
i was on you tube bored one night when i was training for the big sur marathon awile back. so i decided to look up previous years of the marathon.
skip exactly to minute one of this video. there is a guy running big sur backwards and barefoot. it...
about a year ago i got some stange advice from a friend. he had just got done with his 2nd marathon and i was training for my 2nd. he said "trust me, run 2 or 3 miles the afternoon or the night before the marathon. just a real slow and steady coup...
I have an australian shepherd and he LOVES to run. In fact you have to run them or else they'll find ways to get in trouble when you're not around. I run him in the morning for 4 miles and then my wife will run him in the afternoon. They are great...