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My Old Knees

     Yesterday, I did a short 2.5 miles.  It was my first run in about 9 days.  My left knee isn't giving me any issues, but now my lovely right knee decided to start whining.  I wore my Asics Gel Trail Attack 7 and ran on an unpaved hilly trail, but I should have taken my talents to a flat pavement wearing my Asic Nimbus.  So just 9 days ago, I ran a beautiful 4 miler.  Sure I felt a few niggles here and there during the first mile and you know the first mile is always killer, but I felt like a stallion after that.  Quite the opposite yesterday.  I could barely run half a mile without stopping to walk.  I did go on a 12 mile bike ride earlier and probably wasn't as hydrated as I should've been...and I'd like to give a shout out to the heat and humidity, but I was still disappointed.  I might do a short 1 miler today in the Nimbus just to see how it goes.      I found a pretty good site to get recommendations f...