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I started running at the beginning of COVID. Started from scratch and was just doing 1 mile at a time.

2ish years later, I'm at about 20-25 miles a week, but the injuries are starting to slow me down even though it wasn't an issue in the beginning. I'm struggling on and off with IT band on the right side. It usually only pops up after 12 mile or so run, or when I reach weekly goal of 25ish miles.

I know I need to be doing strength training, but I also do stretch before and after runs. I actually stretch about 3-4 times a day.

Any tips on how else I can help this issue along? I do want to reach 1000 miles total for the year, so the weekly miles are not supposed to come down for the rest of the year.