Running is weird. Last week was great and I felt like I was really making progress. This week I feel like my feet are in concrete and my knees and ankles hurt in spite of making a real effort to use my newly acquired chi running skills. I can't figure it out. The only thing I can come up with is that I actually ran on the road over the weekend and I wonder if I hurt myself without knowing it at the time. That was on Saturday. When I returned to the treadmill on Monday I just couldn't do it. I think I had eaten enough that day and had taken in enough carbs. I didn't even try on Tuesday (it was my birthday) or Wednesday so tonight I really wanted to go out, so I took a flashlight with me on the road (it is dark almost when I get off work) and off I went. By the time I got back (only 2 miles later) I was jogging like a cripple. My right ankle hurt and my left knee. I don't know what I was doing wrong. It makes me soooo mad because I thought I was doing so well with my 3 mile routine.

Do you sometimes just have bad weeks with legs of lead?