Phantom Pain?

I said that I wasn't going to do lunges or squats until after the marathon.  Really, I did say it.  I even believed that I was telling the truth.  On Monday I went to Tabata class because I was a little bit tired of running.  Well,  I did some squats and lunges, but that was going to be the last day.  Then on Wednesday I went to Kettlebell class and of course I did squats and lunges.  About half way through the Kettlebell class (as I was doing squats on the bench) my left quad started to hurt.  It wasn't the normal "feeling the burn" kind of pain, it was deep, something is wrong kind of pain.  But, being the idiot that I am, I finished the class.  I realized I was in big trouble when it was very painful to walk up and down the stairs Wednesday night and Thursday.  I was supposed to meet with my trainer to do an interval run on Friday, but I texted her and said that I thought that I had injured my IT band and that I needed to rest my leg.  Thursday night, I ran into my friend Kim (who has ran several marathons) and I told her that I was worried that I had injured myself.  After listening to me complain, she told me that in the weeks leading up to a marathon she will sometimes have "phantom pain."  This has really got me thinking.  On a normal day, I try to push myself with every workout.  Therefore, everyday something hurts.  Even though something always seems to hurt, I do it again the next day.  However, the closer I get to a marathon, the more I worry about these aches and pains.  I dwell on every little thing and then I start to think the worse and then I worry about how it will affect me on race day.  I decided to take my runs a little bit easier on Friday and Saturday.  Today my right quad is still sore, but my attention has shifted to my sore calves.  Am I nuts?  Yes, yes I am.  But am I suffering from real or phantom pain?  I'm not entirely sure.

Despite this real or perceived discomfort, I still managed to get in 24 miles of running, the tabata and kettlebell classes, 2 pilates class and 1 at home pilates workout, upper  body strength training, and a 6.68 mile walk/hike (plus the neighborhood walks with my dog).  All in all, it was a good week.  I'm looking forward to relaxing this next week at my sister's pool in Las Vegas.  I plan on doing some pilates, pool exercises, walking with my sister, and 2 shorter runs.  Other than that I will spend the week lying on a lounge chair, watching movies, enjoying the company of my sister and brother-in-law, and just being lazy.