Marathon Training with KT tape

Yesterday, despite leaving work an hour later than I planned (long meeting), I still got my 9km run in. Actually, to be perfectly honest, it was a run/walk. The weather was not nearly as hot and humid as the previous slog fest 5km, but it was still enough to keep me running intervals and walking the hills. That said, I was still pretty proud that I got out there and finished it. I did have a long mental debate about running a marathon at the end of this plan though.
To summarize; my shorter runs have been no real issue. It's the LSD (long, slow distance) runs that have been truly slooow, so much so I know for a fact I'd be the last to finish if I were to enter a race. Not wanting to repeat that experience again, I think if I do manage to get my runs up to the 30-40km mark I'll do a virtual run so I don't have any real spectators. So why bother? Because I need to prove to myself that I still can, even after being told I have the knee of a 70 year old, that I can run a marathon or further. That I still can train myself to get there and continue to push my own boundaries. It's a sense of personal pride is what it all boils down to, really. I need to fell like I "know" my body's limits and capabilities again. And I liked the fact I could run 20km at any given time, that was always pretty awesome.
To get there I've been really working on my nutrition and using KT tape daily. My sensitive skin isn't protesting this elastic-type tape on my leg too much yet so I try to make sure I take it off on any rest days. It makes for rather uncomfortable rest days since it is acting as a pain relief mechanism, but my skin needs to breathe at some point. Running with a brace worked alright for awhile but it was a serious pain in the butt once it got sweaty and heavy. I haven't used one yet that was truly made for a run longer than a 10km, hence the KT tape. It doesn't offer the support that a brace does so my stride has to tighten up considerably and I need to watch my knee if I run laterally on the trail (hopping from rock to rock), but otherwise it is doing a good enough job of keeping me relatively pain free, most of the time. I'll see how it fares during my crazy 19km LSD run this weekend!