@ Choose2BWell - I will continue to rest, stretch and add some heat. Thank you! Also, thanks for the advice on the trampoline. I hadn't thought of that, what a great way to warm up and cool down. I really appreciate it. That was one of my issues, lack of adequate warm up he said. I do miss shoveling the driveway (used to live in MI), it was great exercise.

@ Gianni - Thank you. Yes, I picked it up while training. The last two/three weeks leading up to it, I would start to experience the pain around mile 9/9.5. The week of, it started at mile 5 so I was quite nervous I wouldn't be able to finish the race. I taped it up the morning of, and just went for it. Thankfully, I had trained for street running, but looking back, did not adequatly stretch and warm up. I also learned I am a heel striker, and would like to work on my stride. That's exciting you're thinking about trying for another one! I'm sure you can do it! I had a really great time with whole experience, especially while raw. :) I would like to continue with it.