My marathon training has hit some speedbumps. Moving my home and moving my work all in the span of a few weeks has been a bit tough. And summer. I hate running in the heat. Last weekend I was supposed to be running 16 miles for my long run. I was already behind and had planned the 15 miler from the previous week. (The previous week, I only ran 12 instead of the 15). Well, instead of 15, this time I ran 13.5. This was partly due to a routing error. I had mapped out a route, with a small optional loop. However, the optional loop was apparently longer than expected. Anyway, due to the blazing sun baking my poor brain, I skipped the "optional" loop, and ended up with 13.5 miles instead of 15.

While falling short of my planned run, it was still a milestone. It's the farthest I've ever run. Prior to that, I had run a half marathon, or 13.1 miles. Hooray for me.

Anyway, the last few weeks I've been increasingly cranky about running. My knee has been hurting a bit. I tried to tell myself it was just sore, and as I build up miles, I would build up strength. I told myself I needed to stretch more. For a brief moment, I thought I might need new shoes. However, being a geek, I keep a running log, including which shoes I wore. I know that all my previous pairs of shoes got a lot more mileage than my current pair. So there is no way I could need new shoes, right?

Except that every other time I needed new shoes, I realized it when my knee hurt. Duh. So I broke down and bought new shoes. And guess what? My knee feels better. Even though there are 100 fewer miles on my current shoes than on all my past shoes.

Moral of the story, and this very boring blog post, listen to your body. Pay attention to it. Try to understand what it is telling you. And when you have an idea what's going on, don't dismiss it.


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