![]() While the pain has never been bad, it is enough to keep me from running long distances. I was doing a lot of bending and kneeling, and it appears that was the recipe for pain. It began after I did some DIY electrical work in my house. Oddly enough, the knee pain didn't start immediately after the Boston marathon, or any other race or run. ![]() The knee pain is the reason I am "sidetracked", just like those lonesome freight trains I see on the sidings in my town, Teaneck New Jersey. I have not done much running since Boston due to knee pain. That finish got me into the 20 Boston marathons. ![]() MY marathon PR is 3:33:12, which I did in the 2006 NYC marathon. I have run 9 marathons, including 4 NYC and 2 Boston. Just to give you a brief bio on myself I am 52 years old, and have been running regularly since 2001. I have run the past 4 NYC Marathons, so it's going to feel a bit strange to be watching this one. Today is a day off, and I am taking tomorrow off as well, as I will be going into NYC to spectate the ING NYC Marathon for the first time ever. It's a shame that I had to experience pain and sacrifice my running before I would try something so simple as changing shoes, but that seems to be human nature. I hope that this finding proves to be correct, and that my knee pain will stay away, to allow me to build my mileage, and train for the New Jersey Marathon next May. Since I was now wearing my Saucony Grid Stabil shoes for walking, I ordered another pair of Mizuno Wave Alchemy, now model 8, so I still have two pair of running shoes. So, it looks (actually, it feels) like the shoes I wear for non-running are just as important as the ones i wear to run. I did another run of 5 miles yesterday afternoon on the track, and once again, no pain whatsoever. I stopped having the pain on days off, and when I climbed or descended stairs immediately after running. On Monday, I ran on the treadmill, again a moderate run, and had no pain. I ran pretty hard, 5 miles, and had no pain.įor running, I was wearing a nearly bran-new pair of Mizuno Wave Alchemy 7 that had only about 20 miles. The next run I did was on Saturday, on the track. I didn't run for two more days, allowing my knees to recover. I could immediately feel the difference in support, and by the end of the day I was convinced that the shoes were the difference. I took off the old worn out shoes, and put on my running shoes, with only 100 miles on them. I thought it was OK to wear these old shoes around the house and anywhere I go that doesn't involve running. My reasoning had been that I don't need the support I get from my running shoes while I'm not running. I had given some thought to this before, but I never had an issue with pain before, so I dismissed it.Ĭould I be hurting myself by wearing these old, worn out shoes? For a very long time, I have been using my old running shoes with 400+ miles on them for everything outside of running. I still had the foot pain, even while just walking or standing. I switched the insoles, but this time it made no difference. The last time I had this foot pain, the problem turned out to be worn out Superfeet insoles. ![]() In addition, I was having a small amount of foot pain something I have not had for a while. Last week, after installing a ceiling light fixture in my basement, doing a lot of stretching but not much knee bending, my knees did hurt me. Last time I talked about my knee problems, and how it was preventing me from running any real distance or on hard surfaces.
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