5 miles in 34:17 @ 1% – felt really fast today – might have done something to my right knee though…crap

Very fast run for me tonight – 5 miles in 34:17 @ 1% incline on the treadmill. I did running cycles 1 min slower, 1 min faster, 1 min slower, 2 minutes faster (so total a 5 minute cycle) and repeat until hit the 5 miles. Slower speed tonight was locked at 7.5 mph and faster speed started at 9 mph and I bumped that by 0.2 mph every 5 minute cycle, maxing out at 10 mph for the last cycle and the last partial cycle. Total of 5:17 at 10 mph.

Unfortunately my right knee was hurting a bit during the run but I thought it was like the past couple treadmill runs, as long as I kept going it would sort itself out. But the pain – well not real pain, more like hurt / uncomfortable…maybe like the body is trying to tell you something… – the hurt kept coming back but never seemed to slow me down.

I kept checking to see if my form was off or if I was running a bit strange on the treadmill but that all seemed good.

I realize now that the issue is probably my shoes – my current treadmill pair just hit 300 miles. I have been averaging between 320-340 miles for the make of shoes I use so this seems a bit early but something is causing the issue. And I didn’t have any issues with my knee when I did a break in run on a different pair last week (while the cat displeasure was being washed off of this pair…) or when I did my outdoor runs over the weekend (again with a different pair of shoes than my treadmill set).

So I am going to set aside this pair and hope my knee is better tomorrow. If it is, I have a scheduled 10 miler that I will use a different set for and if my knee feels good I will know for sure it was the shoes. If my knee doesn’t feel any better with that pair then I will know it is something else….and start panicking about the Manitoba Marathon from there…less than 4 weeks to recover before that race…

I am hopeful this is temporary glitch – my knee already feels a fair bit better just as I sit here typing. I will know better tomorrow but I suspect I will be good to keep pushing shortly.

…no negative thoughts…no negative thoughts…no negative thoughts…