ITB Issues

So I felt great during the 10x400s last Tuesday - but I had pain on the outer nub of my knee - which I'm chalking up to ITB problem. Shoulda known that bare foot beach race + 10x400s on consecutive days would result in some sort of injury. It was pretty acute on Wednesday and Thursday, felt a little better yesterday and good enough today to do my final long run. I ended up shortening it from 12 to 10 miles while running - so I feel a little bad about not getting in the distance. Worse still is that the run felt horrible - only 8 days before the race. So my new plan is to continue with a taper and try and hit it hard next week.