<human>: Can you succinctly summarize the text in 1-3 sentences?

I've been running on and off for the last 2 and a half years or so, with a year long break that ended when I left a job that was killing me 6 weeks ago.  A friend of mine told me he was running the Staten Island Half Marathon on Oct 13th, so I've been using that as motivation.

But in the course of training, I've become super-hooked and decided to try to make a late run at the 9+1 qualifier for the 2004 NYC Marathon (9 qualifying races + 1 race as a volunteer).  So for the next 3 Sundays I  will be running a 10 mile, a half marathon, and another half marathon.

My original running schedule was to run the distance of the race the tuesday before the race each week (ie a 10 mile this Tuesday, then the race on Sunday with a short run in between).  But given an ankle tweak (no swelling and it doesn't hurt that bad when I run, mostly just between runs), should I only run the races?  

My PR for length is only 8.5 miles, but I'm in good shape and think that the worst case scenario of running the 10, 13, and 13 on the Sundays with no other runs during the week is something I could pull off.  Though I would just be running to finish.
<bot>: I want to beat my friend in the half, but am wondering if I should back off from my training schedule with a non-serious injury?