Weight training cured me; do I keep doing it? (Read 587 times)

I started running again a little over a year ago, and promptly was reminded why I had given up running: ITBS. In the non-running years, I'd taken up power-lifting (don't do it any more, though), so I applied my weight-training knowledge (and what I remembered them advising that I do when I was younger and less patient . . .), and took up a regimen of squats, etc. Well, it worked! I'm now running pain free, and increasing my mileage slowly and steadily. So, my question is, do I keep doing the lifting? I guess I don't have any objection to it (I do upper body work too), but I have limited exercise time, and as I don't run on my weight training days, my weight training cuts into my running. Right now I'm limited to three, maybe four days of running a week. I guess the only real answer is "try it, transition slowly, and see what happens," but looking to see if there's any wisdom beyond that. Thanks! Oh, and, My First Post!

Keep it up. You can cut the sets if you like but stay consistent with it.