Moving along just fine and then wham!

For the last month or so, I've been flirting with getting a cold. My throat will get sore, I'll keep working out and it will go away with no further effects until now. The cold finally settled in for a visit. I am hopeful that it will go away quickly and in the meantime, I am still able to get my workouts in except...

My IT band and hamstring hurt again, almost as bad as they did back in the beginning of December. I don't know what happened. I was clicking along just fine with little to no pain the last month or two. My 1:50 run on Sunday was tiring, but not painful.

Then, I got on the trainer on Tuesday night and that all changed. My IT band was a little irritated, but it was manageable. That happens sometimes, so I didn't give it much thought. On Wednesday, E-speed and I were planning to run some hills in downtown Cleveland, but the cold, blustery weather drove us onto the treadmill. For the most part the run was fine, but my hamstring got tight towards the end. Again, irritating, but not painful. Yesterday's 90-minute bike ride was fine, so I thought it was all good. Then, prior to my weights session and Yoga last night, my hamstring was really tight. Today, it is tight and my IT band really hurts at my knee.

Is it just the sudden 30 degree, snowy weather? Am I back at square one? I hope not. Just to be sure, I scheduled an appointment for this afternoon with the ART guy. If he gives me the go ahead for tonight's run, I'll probably run on the dreadmill just in case. I don't know what to do if he doesn't give me the go ahead. I'm not going to think about it right now. I'm willing to scrap tonight's run if I have to do so, but what about tomorrow's brick and Sunday's long run? Must think positive, healing thoughts. I've been here before and have gotten through it. Wish me luck.