Reality Sucks!

Today I went to have my shoe fitting at Universal Sole. The staff was awesome and I tried on 5-6 pairs of shoes and picked a pair of adidas that would help to correct my slight pronation when I run. I also bought the coolest little shorts for Miami. I am still able to use my Nike-plus and IPod connection by putting the shoe chip into a chip holder on my laces.

I then rushed off to the gym happy and ready to run 8 miles. Early in the run the shoes felt great and right when I got into my comfortable 7:10 minute mile my right knee started hurting. The pain increased more and more as I ran. I tried to walk a little, stretch and even slow down; nothing. I made myself finish 3 miles and still did it in 21:32. Since my run workout was done I went and did some leg presses and stretched out my knee and it felt good till I got home and tried to walk up my stairs, again knee pain.

I have committed to 2 races and have fallen in love with running. I have to be honest, I think I am pushing myself a little hard, but I want to run far and be fast at it.

Tomorrow I'm going to do more leg workouts in hope that my right knee will get better and then Thursday I'm back to running. I'm disappointed. In who or what? I guess my knee.

This knee pain sucks and I have to try to change it so its not my reality. I'm not ready to quit yet.