From my 2km start last week, I was able to do 7km last sunday of straight jogging at a meager 8min/km pace. Not bad considering that I just started to train last week, unfortunately I'm forced to cut down on training even though I want to run due to knee pains.Both my knees are sore after running even just after 3km which really sucks! It's not that painful but my concern is that if I keep on running through the pain I may mess up my knees which in turn wont make me run period.

I'm hoping that it is nothing serious, maybe my body hasn't finished adjusting to the new stresses I'm putting on it. So I'll be resting for 2 days and I plan to use knee wraps on my next run. If I get better results then I guess I'll train through the pain and get stronger leg muscles and practice the correct running form and biometrics of running.

That being said I won't be able to join the Unicef run this coming sunday which I was planning on joining. I plan to run a whole marathon and I wont get there unless I'm 100%, so I'll refrain from pushing myself this time.

I'm been hooked on runing since I started last week, it's like I'd like to run everyday (if my body lets me). I like hitting that wall when you train and when your muscles start to ache, your lungs gasp for air, and every motion seems to be a bit harder than the last, and you ask yourself will you stop or carry on... It's that mental challenge I crave for, I want to see how far I can go mentally; I know my body can take me to the places I want, the question is am I mentally strong enough to reach it. I've learned alot about myself in the past 2 weeks that I've started running, and I can't wait to learn more about myself when I continue to run in the future.

I have a renewed respect for endurance athletes, particularly at their will to conquer such daunting challenges. For starters imagine running 35+ kilometers under 3 hours (that's like running at a pace of 5minutes per kilometer), and try to think of what kind of determination and mental toughness it would take to do such a thing.