<human>: I'm starting to have a serious running addiction. I've upped from 30 miles a month up to 100+ miles a month.  I run at least 3 miles a day, usually more like 5-9.  I'm planning to start running 200 miles/month in June.  I have pretty good endurance and only get out of breath if I run sub 7.  

But, the thing that really has been killing me recently is my outer knees, or apparently my hips.  I'm pretty sure I have iliotibial band syndrome.  I've looked up some exercises online for how to beat this ITBS thing, but after about a week of doing them I haven't noticed much of a difference.  Every time I get up to 5 miles or so, I just get an intense pain in my outer knee, either my right or left side.

I know I'm not the only one out there who has experienced this.  I'm wondering if anyone has conquered it and how they went about beating it? Maybe my hips/ass muscles are just not strong enough yet and I am trying to increase my training plan too fast... Do you have any thoughts?

Thanks for your time.  I appreciate it! And happy running.

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<bot>: I've started running a shit ton, and the outside of my knees hurt like hell after 5 miles.  Any suggestions on how to fix it?